Table 5 Beliefs concerning QAnon and biblical “end times”
Statement | 2022 Respondents (n= 12,947) | 2023 Respondents (n=9385) | 2024 Respondents (n=8896) | Mean Difference, * 2022-2023 | Mean Difference, * 2023-2024 | |||||
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Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) Mean score (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) Mean score (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) Mean score (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) Mean score (95% CI) | Unweighted n | Weighted % (95% CI) Mean score (95% CI) | |
The government, media, and financial worlds in the U.S. are controlled by a group of Satan-worshipping pedophiles who run a global child sex trafficking operation. | ||||||||||
Do not agree (1) | 10,276 | 75.3 (74.2, 76.3) | 7333 | 73.6 (72.3, 74.9) | 6887 | 72.1 (70.7, 73.4) | 9385 | − 2.4 (− 3.5, -1.2) | 8185 | − 1.6 (− 2.9, − 0.4) |
Somewhat agree (2) | 1480 | 13.5 (12.7, 14.4) | 1175 | 14.8 (13.7, 15.9) | 1153 | 15.4 (14.3, 16.6) | 9385 | 1.8 (0.6, 3.1) | 8185 | 0.6 (− 0.8, 1.9) |
Strongly or very strongly agree (3) | 953 | 8.8 (8.1, 9.4) | 681 | 8.7 (7.9, 9.6) | 670 | 9.3 (8.5, 10.3) | 9385 | 0.2 (− 0.7, 1.1) | 8185 | 0.6 (− 0.4, 1.6) |
Non-response | 238 | 2.4 (2.1, 2.8) | 196 | 2.9 (2.4, 3.4) | 186 | 3.2 (2.6, 3.8) | 9385 | 0.3 (− 0.2, 0.9) | 8185 | 0.4 (− 0.1, 1.0) |
Item score† | 12,709 | 1.32 (1.30, 1.33) | 9189 | 1.33 (1.31, 1.35) | 8710 | 1.35 (1.33, 1.37) | 9088 | 0.025 (0.008, 0.042) | 7935 | 0.026 (0.008, 0.044) |
There is a storm coming soon that will sweep away the elites in power and restore the rightful leaders. | ||||||||||
Do not agree (1) | 9064 | 68.1 (67.1, 69.2) | 6735 | 68.9 (67.6, 70.3) | 6316 | 68.3 (66.9, 69.6) | 9385 | 0.6 (− 0.7, 2.0) | 8185 | − 1.0 (− 2.4, 0.4) |
Somewhat agree (2) | 2474 | 19.5 (18.6, 20.4) | 1774 | 19.4 (18.3, 20.5) | 1717 | 19.8 (18.7, 21.0) | 9385 | 0.1 (− 1.2, 1.4) | 8185 | 0.1 (− 1.3, 1.6) |
Strongly or very strongly agree (3) | 1162 | 9.8 (9.1, 10.5) | 672 | 8.4 (7.6, 9.2) | 669 | 8.6 (7.8, 9.5) | 9385 | − 1.3 (− 2.2, − 0.4) | 8185 | 0.5 (− 0.5, 1.5) |
Non-response | 247 | 2.6 (2.2, 3.0) | 204 | 3.3 (2.7, 3.8) | 194 | 3.3 (2.8, 4.0) | 9385 | 0.6 (0.0, 1.1) | 8185 | 0.4 (− 0.2, 0.9) |
Item score† | 12,700 | 1.40 (1.39, 1.42) | 9181 | 1.37 (1.36, 1.39) | 8702 | 1.38 (1.36, 1.40) | 9075 | − 0.020 (− 0.039, − 0.002) | 7930 | 0.015 (− 0.005, 0.035) |
The chaos in America today is evidence that we are living in what the Bible calls “the end times.” | ||||||||||
Do not agree (1) | 7412 | 54.7 (53.6, 55.8) | 5536 | 56.4 (55.0, 57.7) | 5423 | 57.6 (56.2, 59.0) | 9385 | 0.8 (− 0.4, 2.0) | 8185 | 0.3 (− 0.8, 1.5) |
Somewhat agree (2) | 3137 | 24.4 (23.4, 25.4) | 2245 | 23.6 (22.4, 24.8) | 2006 | 22.5 (21.3, 23.7) | 9385 | − 0.1 (− 1.4, 1.3) | 8185 | − 0.5 (− 1.9, 0.8) |
Strongly or very strongly agree (3) | 2225 | 19.0 (18.1, 19.9) | 1453 | 17.5 (16.4, 18.6) | 1332 | 17.5 (16.4, 18.7) | 9385 | − 1.4 (− 2.5, − 0.3) | 8185 | 0.1 (− 1.0, 1.3) |
Non-response | 173 | 1.9 (1.5, 2.2) | 151 | 2.6 (2.1, 3.1) | 135 | 2.3 (1.9, 2.9) | 9385 | 0.6 (0.1, 1.1) | 8185 | 0.0 (− 0.4, 0.5) |
Item score† | 12,774 | 1.64 (1.62, 1.65) | 9234 | 1.60 (1.58, 1.62) | 8761 | 1.59 (1.57, 1.61) | 9159 | − 0.020 (− 0.038, − 0.002) | 8000 | 0.000 (− 0.020, 0.019) |