
Among Trump supporters, 50% believe main claims at QAnon's centre
The IndependentThe latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Some 50 per cent of Donald Trump’s supporters were said to believe QAnon’s central claims about the president’s battle with deep-state Democratic paedophilia, according to a study. But, according to a Yahoo News/YouGov study published on Tuesday, some 50 per cent who supported Mr Trump said they believed claims about deep-state Democratic peadophilia, when QAnon was not named. Asked about the accusations, 50 per cent of the president’s supporters said they believed top Democrats were involved in child-sex trafficking: a claim at QAnon’s centre. Meanwhile, as many as 15 per cent told said they believed QAnon was true, whilst 22 per cent said the conspiracy’s claims went “too far but I believe some of what I’ve heard,” Only 16 per cent who had heard about the conspiracy were willing to call it “extremist, with no basis in fact,” in the poll carried out between 18 - 16 October among Republican voters.
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