Armed with some new information of seemingly normal people who believe the most outlandish
things...
Conspiracy Theory Poll Results
On our national poll this week we took the opportunity to poll 20 widespread and/or infamous
conspiracy theories. Many of these theories are well known to the public, others perhaps to
just the darker corners of the internet. Here’s what we found:
-37% of voters believe global warming is a hoax, 51% do not. Republicans say global warming
is a hoax by a 58-25 margin, Democrats disagree 11-77, and Independents are more split at
41-51. 61% of Romney voters believe global warming is a hoax
-6% of voters believe Osama bin Laden is still alive-21% of voters say a UFO crashed in Roswell, NM in 1947 and the US government covered
it up. More Romney voters (27%) than Obama voters (16%) believe in a UFO coverup
-28% of voters believe secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is conspiring to eventually
rule the world through an authoritarian world government, or New World Order. A plurality
of Romney voters (38%) believe in the New World Order compared to 35% who don’t
-28% of voters believe Saddam Hussein was involved in the 9/11 attacks. 36% of Romney
voters believe Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11, 41% do not
-20% of voters believe there is a link between childhood vaccines and autism, 51% do not
- 7% of voters think the moon landing was faked
-13% of voters think Barack Obama is the anti-Christ, including 22% of Romney voters
-Voters are split 44%-45% on whether Bush intentionally misled about weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq. 72% of Democrats think Bush lied about WMDs, Independents agree
48-45, just 13% of Republicans think so
-29% of voters believe aliens exist
-14% of voters say the CIA was instrumental in creating the crack cocaine epidemic in
America’s inner cities in the 1980’s
- 9% of voters think the government adds fluoride to our water supply for sinister reasons
(not just dental health)
- 4% of voters say they believe “lizard people” control our societies by gaining political power
- 51% of voters say a larger conspiracy was at work in the JFK assassination, just 25%
say Oswald acted alone
- 14% of voters believe in Bigfoot
- 15% of voters say the government or the media adds mind-controlling technology to
TV broadcast signals (the so-called Tinfoil Hat crowd)
- 5% believe exhaust seen in the sky behind airplanes is actually chemicals sprayed by
the government for sinister reasons
- 15% of voters think the medical industry and the pharmaceutical industry “invent” new
diseases to make money
- Just 5% of voters believe that Paul McCartney actually died in 1966
- 11% of voters believe the US government allowed 9/11 to happen, 78% do not agree
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_National_ConspiracyTheories_040213.pdf
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