Table 1.

Conspiracy belief questions and the percentage of respondents who “agree” or “strongly agree” with them

Conspiracy belief question (label)	% Agree
1.) The one percent (1%) of the richest people in the U.S. control the government and the economy for their own benefit	54
2.) Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire accused of running an elite sex trafficking ring, was murdered to cover-up the activities of his criminal network	50
3.) The dangers of genetically-modified foods are being hidden from the public	45
4.) President Kennedy was killed by a conspiracy rather than by a lone gunman	44
5.) There is a “deep state” embedded in the government that operates in secret and without oversight	43
6.) Regardless of who is officially in charge of governments and other organizations, there is a single group of people who secretly control events and rule the world together	35
7.) Humans have made contact with aliens and this fact has been deliberately hidden from the public	33
8.) Coronavirus was purposely created and released by powerful people as part of a conspiracy	31
9.) The dangers of vaccines are being hidden by the medical establishment	30
10.) A powerful family, the Rothschilds, through their wealth, controls governments, wars, and many countries’ economies	29
11.) Businesses and corporations are purposely allowing foreigners into the country to replace American workers and culture	29
12.) The dangers of 5G cellphone technology are being covered up	26
13.) The AIDS virus was created and spread around the world on purpose by a secret organization	22
14.) School shootings, like those at Sandy Hook, CT and Parkland, FL are false flag attacks perpetrated by the government	17
15.) The number of Jews killed by the Nazis during World War II has been exaggerated on purpose	15