Many Americans — Especially but Not Exclusively Trump Voters — Believe Crazy, Wrong Things

Catherine Rampell, writing for The Washington Post:

Many Americans believe a lot of dumb, crazy, destructive, provably wrong stuff. Lately this is especially (though not exclusively) true of Donald Trump voters, according to a new survey.

The survey, from The Economist/YouGov, was conducted in mid-December, and it finds that willingness to believe a given conspiracy theory is (surprise!) strongly related to whether that conspiracy theory supports one’s political preferences.

★ Thursday, 29 December 2016