The following article by Catherine Rampell was posted on the Washington Post website December 28, 2016:
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. Continue reading “Americans — especially but not exclusively Trump voters — believe crazy, wrong things”