Conspiracy Theories Take Hold In the United States

A new PRRI-IFYC study finds that 15% of Americans agree with the QAnon statement that the U.S. government, media and financial worlds “are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation.”

And 20% agree with this statement: “There is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders.”

First Read: “It’s hard to call something fringe when approximately one-in-five Americans believe these statements, especially one that true patriots ‘may have to resort to violence’ to save the country.”