Election-related violence has been around since the founding of the United States and violence has been a common tool to resolve disputes. In a few instances, localized violence has succeeded in either influencing the vote or reversing election results altogether. While shocking and unusual in ambition, especially in the current era, the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack was not without precedent. The U.S. Capitol attack on Jan. 6 was the result of a remarkable confluence of law enforcement failures and unified momentum from a fractious movement of online communities that came together in support of former President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud. The shock it created has rallied political actors and law enforcement agencies around the country to work to prevent it from happening again, not just in Washington, but in state capitals and cities across the country.