The division of America has led more than 30 per cent of US citizens to believe that a second civil war is on the horizon, according to a new poll.

Rasmussen Reports surveyed a total of 1,000 Likely Voters on June 21 and June 24, 2018.

The poll revealed that 31 per cent of Americans believe that the US will experience a second civil war within the next five years.

The division of America has led more than 30 per cent of US citizens to believe that a second civil war is on the horizon, according to a new poll.

The poll revealed that 31 per cent of Americans believe that the US will experience a second civil war within the next five years

Meanwhile, 59 per cent of US citizens are fearful that those who are opposed to President Donald Trump's policies will result to violence

Meanwhile, 59 per cent of US citizens are fearful that those who are opposed to President Donald Trump's policies will result to violence.

Of those surveyed, 44 per cent of African Americans believe that a second civil war is imminent, a view shared by 28 per cent of whites and 36 per cent of other minority voters.

Women and those under 40 are more concerned with a possible civil war than men and older voters.

The new poll comes after several Trump administration officials, including Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, were confronted in public by the president's opposers.

The confrontations have come in recent days amid intense fury over an administration policy that led to an increase in the number of migrant children being separated from their parents after crossing the border illegally.

Nielsen cut short a working dinner at a Mexican restaurant last week after protesters shouted, 'Shame!' until she left.

Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia, on Friday.

Trump policy adviser Stephen Miller was accosted by someone at a different Mexican restaurant who called him 'a fascist'.