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Just looked at the statements the poll uses and Qanon isn’t mentioned specifically, just things like Satan worshiping pedophiles and patriots might have to resort to violence. The Democrats in the poll seemed to agree more with the broad stroke statement (there is a storm that will sweep away the elites) rather than the very specific pedophile conspiracy one.
I’m highly skeptical of the poll’s methodology here on who is or isn’t Q-pilled. It’s conflating three separate groups: ardent Qanon believers, pseudo-believers who aren’t fully on board or may not even know the term “Qanon”, and conspiracy theorists who have no affiliation or knowledge of Qanon whatsoever but have arrived at similar conclusions anyway. All of these are treated as simply Qanon followers.
I feel like the most useful aspect of the poll is it reveals the ambient feeling that led to Qanon becoming so popular rather than how widespread the beliefs themselves are. Americans already have a nebulous sense of deranged overlords who commit unspeakable crimes. Qanon is just a more focused version of what we already had.
Yeah, so I’m thinking the poll is more or less accurate to how people genuinely feel, but that doesn’t mean they’re somehow Qanon affiliated.
The whole point is to discredit the idea that the US government is completely corrupt and needs to be replaced. If it means lying or misdirection…well this is the NYT we’re talking about. They’re masters of the craft.
