Conspiracy theories of the United States presidential election, 2016
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Conspiracy theorizing is an endemic component of American politics. The 2016 United States presidential election is marked by several well-publicized allegations of plots or conspiracies related to the conduct of the elections, or the qualifications of the candidates.[1][2]
In his notable[citation needed] 1964 essay, "The Paranoid Style in American Politics", historian Richard J. Hofstadter wrote that conspiracy thinking among American voters was an endemic "phenomenon more or less constantly affecting a modest minority of the population".[3] And, though conspiracy thinking had been on the fringe of American politics since as early as 1776, it reached a fever pitch at the end of the 20th century.[4] A survey taken by University of Miami political scientists in 2014 indicated that Americans on both the right and the left of the political spectrum believe in conspiracy theories roughly equally, though they differ on the specific conspiracies to which they subscribe.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Neely, Brett (24 May 2016). "A Guide To The Many Conspiracy Theories Donald Trump Has Embraced". NPR.org. Retrieved 18 August 2016. "This election year may well go down as the conspiracy-theory election."
- ↑ Seitz-Wald, Alex (17 August 2016). "Hillary Clinton's 'vast right-wing conspiracy' has come full circle". NBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2016."'This year really does feel unusual,' said Jesse Walker, the author of 'The United States of Paranoia,' an examination conspiracy theories in American history. 'It's not every cycle that you basically have two campaigns essentially accusing each other of being arms of foreign powers.'"
- ↑ Hofstadter, Richard. "The Paranoid Style in American Politics". Harpers.
- ↑ Lee, Martha (2011). Conspiracy Rising: Conspiracy Thinking and American Public Life. ABC-CLIO. p. 2. ISBN 0313350140. Search this book on
- ↑ Shermer, Michael (1 December 2014). "Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories?". Scientific American. Retrieved 23 August 2016.
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