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Support for QAnon is hard to measure – and polls may overestimate it

  • Written by James Shanahan, Dean of the Media School, Indiana University
imageIt's not clear exactly how many people believe or follow QAnon.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

It’s hard to know how many people actually believe the key tenets of QAnon’s claims, including that devil-worshipping, cannibalistic pedophiles are somehow running the world. Its adherents have caused violence and insurrection, as happened at the U.S....

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