The number of believes could be eclipsing the number of people who practice some religions in America….
Religion, education, race and media consumption are strong predictors of conspiracy theory acceptance among Americans, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute.
The survey of 5,149 adults living across the United States released on Thursday finds a strong correlation between consuming right-wing media sources and accepting conspiracy theories such as QAnon.
The poll examines ties between religious beliefs and belief in false conspiracy theories. White evangelicals and Hispanic Protestants were the most susceptible to the QAnon theory.
About 1 in 4 respondents from those religious groups said they believed that “the government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation,” a statement associated with the false QAnon conspiracy theory.
That’s notably higher than the 15% of Black Protestants, as well as 15% of Americans overall, who agreed with that statement. At 8%, Jewish Americans were the religious group least likely to say they agree.
The report also looks at education and media consumption. Americans who said they consume far-right news sources reported the highest rates of conspiracy theory acceptance; close to half said they believe in the tenets of QAnon. The survey defined outlets such as Newsmax and One America News Network, or OANN, as “far-right.”
People without college degrees who responded to the survey were three times more likely to believe in conspiracy theories than Americans who had completed college.
The PRRI survey findings largely aligns with results of recent polling by NPR/Ipsos, including a December 2020 survey, which found widespread uptake of ideas linked to the QAnon conspiracy theory….
So those who get their news from far right wing sources are most likely to believe in conspiracy theories.
No shit. Been saying that for years.
OANN?
Newsmaxx?
Wonder how many watch Fox News?
The study said that those who primarily watch Fox News are less likely than the OANN & Newsmax consumers to swallow this dangerous poison.
‘ The Public Religion Research Institute and the Interfaith Youth Core found a strong correlation between where people get their news and how much they believe in QAnon’s ideas. Among those who said they most trusted far-right news outlets, such as One America News Network and Newsmax, 2 in 5 qualified as full-on QAnon believers. Fully 48% of these news consumers said they expected a storm to wipe away the elites soon.
That puts these news consumers far out of alignment with the rest of the country — even fans of the conservative-leaning Fox News. Among respondents who preferred Fox News above other sources, 18% were QAnon believers.
Trump himself has avoided saying much about QAnon, but when he was pressed to denounce the theory while in office, he refused. At a news conference last year, he seemed to indicate that he was pleased by QAnon followers’ fondness for him. “I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate,” he said, adding that “the movement” was “gaining in popularity.” ’
https://news.yahoo.com/qanon-now-popular-u-major-121514464.html
Bat shit crazy?
Even for alternate universe Trump?
Hard to imagine that QAnon’s numbers would be growing when their prophecies have been so wrong.
If a preacher argued that the rapture would occur on May 1, 2020, but it didn’t, why would More people subsequently begin to believe in the preacher?
Note though that the article didn’t say that QAnon’s numbers were growing; its message was about who was most likely to believe in QAnon.
The article did quote Trump to say that QAnon was gaining in popularity, but that is not reliable or documented evidence.
Despite James’s title, Note that the article didn’t say that QAnon’s numbers were growing; its message was about who weremost likely to believe in QAnon.
Comrade Dave did quote Trump to say that QAnon was gaining in popularity, but that is not reliable or documented evidencthat QAnon’s numnrts are growing. Furthermore, the article saidTrump made those comments last year. QAnon’s numbers might have increased in 2020, but declined in 2021.