- About a quarter of
Republicans believe in the major tenets of the pro-TrumpQAnon conspiracy theory. - Overall, between 15 and 20% of Americans say they completely or mostly agree with QAnon.
- Right-wing
news consumption is the strongest predictor of belief in QAnon.
Nearly a quarter of Republicans say they believe that the US government, media, and financial sector are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation, according to new polling from the non-partisan Public Religion Research Institute.
This belief is a core tenet of the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory, which continues to dominate far-right thinking months after former
Overall, between 15 and 20% of Americans say they completely or mostly agree with the three tenets of QAnon. The
Right-wing news consumption is the strongest predictor of belief in QAnon. Those who say they trust far-right media the most are nearly nine times more likely to believe in QAnon than those who most trust broadcast networks including ABC, CBS, and NBC.
Certain groups of Christians are also much more likely to believe in QAnon. Hispanic Catholics and Hispanic Protestants are almost three times as likely as non-religious Americans to believe in the conspiracy theory. White Catholics,
About a quarter of white evangelical Protestants believe in all three tenets of QAnon, while 24% of Hispanic Protestants believe in the Satan-worshiping cabal, 29% believe in the coming storm, and 12% believe Americans might have to resort to violence.
Just over 20% of white evangelical Protestants, Hispanic Protestants, and Mormons believe in QAnon. Jewish Americans and Americans who don't associate with a religion are the least likely to believe in QAnon.
QAnon believers are also much more likely than other Americans to believe in various other
Overall, 29% of Americans believe Trump's lie that the election was stolen.
The PRRI poll surveyed 5,625 adults in all 50 states between March 8 and 30 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.5 percentage points.