AUTHOR=Jiang Yanru TITLE=The impact of political ideology, knowledge and participation on electoral conspiracy endorsement JOURNAL=Frontiers in Political Science VOLUME=5 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2023.1069468 DOI=10.3389/fpos.2023.1069468 ISSN=2673-3145 ABSTRACT=
From voting fraud to Russian interference, electoral conspiracy theories have circulated on social media since the 2016 United States presidential election with alarming magnitude. Previous conspiracy studies have primarily focused on psychological causes that contribute to the conspiracy mentality, and the discussion on political antecedents of conspiracy endorsement remains lacking. This study selects popular conspiracies reflecting various political ideologies and conducts multiple survey rounds (