Public Policy Polling: 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:
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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
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6% of voters believe Osama bin Laden is still
alive
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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
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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 …
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