PPP's conspiracy theory poll results are in. Oh Lord.

By Mona Goldwater, Conspiracy Theory Ed.

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Public Policy Polling recently released a stunning new poll on Conspiracy theories.  Below are some of the highlights of their findings.  To find even more detail, jump here to read the complete results.  This is pretty stunning. The next time you're in a crowd, or on a bus, think about these percentages.  Look around your office and realize that one out of ten of them believe the U.S. Government allowed 9/11 to happen, or that one out of seven of them believe that the government or the media adds mind-controlling technology to TV broadcast signals.  As John Sebastian famously said at Woodstock, "this is a mind-f***er of all mindf***ers."

Whew.

From PPP:

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

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