“Our surveys show that QAnon conspiracy theories are not losing popularity over time, despite their championed leader being out of power,” said Natalie Jackson, director of research at Public Religion Research Institute.
In this Aug. 20, 2020, file photo, a man in a QAnon T-shirt walks among Trump supporters in Pennsylvania.Even though Donald Trump no longer is in the White House, featured on the nation’s television screens or Tweeting daily, the QAnon movement — which saw the former president as its de facto leader — is as strong as ever.
While QAnon advocates are racially, religiously and politically diverse, the PRRI survey said, “the unifying beliefs are that their way of life is under attack and that they might be willing to resort to violence to defend their vision of the country.”To be defined as a QAnon believer, a respondent had to generally agree with these three statements:
• “Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country.”Around 1 in 4 Hispanic Protestants , white evangelical Protestants , and Jehovah’s Witnesses are QAnon believers. Some 1 in 5 are other Protestants of color and Hispanic Catholics .Other Catholics of color , white Catholics , or white mainline Protestants are QAnon believers.
Nearly a fifth of Latter-day Saints agreed with the supposition of devilish pedophiles running the world. Even more believed a storm will cast out these evildoers. And almost a quarter say patriots may have to use violence to rescue the nation.All those figures are higher — only slightly so in some cases — than the general U.S. population.“Because they’re coming from voices and institutions that they have already learned to trust.
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