[2015] Why many Americans hold false beliefs about WMDs in Iraq and Obama’s birth place

Some 61 percent of American voters surveyed believe in at least one political conspiracy theory, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll. Why are conspiracy theories attractive?
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