The shocking numbers behind US presidential assassination attempts

Written By Blake Oliver

As an accountant, when disaster strikes, I cope by putting numbers to it. So when I heard about the assassination attempt on President Trump this weekend, I did some research.

The findings? Being President is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world:

  • -27% of US presidents (12 out of 45) have faced assassination attempts

  • 8.9% (4 out of 45) were assassinated in office

  • The 4 presidents killed in office: Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy

  • 8 more survived attempts, including Jackson, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, Ford (twice), Reagan, and now Trump

Think about that - over 1 in 4 chance of facing an attempt on your life as a US president. It's a risk we forget about when it hasn't happened in a while.

Regardless of politics, we should all condemn this kind of violence. No leader should fear for their life. How can we make the presidency safer in this country?

Blake Oliver http://blakeoliver.com
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