The percentage of QAnon believers was much smaller among the religiously unaffiliated (11%), Unitarian Universalists (7%) and Jewish Americans (5%).
Taken together, the group constitutes a coalition that differs greatly from other Americans when asked for opinions on recent events.
For example, believers in QAnon are the least likely group (18%) to blame white conservative Christians for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the US. Capitol, despite ample examples of conservative Christian religious expression during the attack. A report unveiled earlier this month by the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty and the Freedom From Religion Foundation found appeals to Christian nationalism especially prevalent in and around the Capitol attack, some of which was mixed with elements of QAnon.
Instead, QAnon believers tended to back a conspiracy theory about what happened that day: While law enforcement has repeatedly dismissed erroneous allegations that left-leaning antifascist groups, often referred to as antifa, were to blame for the insurrection, a majority (59%) of QAnon believers still accuse liberal activist organizations of inciting the riot.
Conversely, only 1 in 5 QAnon rejecters blame liberal or left-wing groups for the insurrection, while nearly half (45%) accuse white conservative Christian groups. Sizable majorities of rejecters — 78% and above — also lay blame before white supremacist groups, Trump and conservative media outlets that spread misinformation.
QAnon rejecters are also unlikely (21%) to say God has granted America a “special role in human history,” whereas majorities of QAnon doubters (53%) and QAnon believers (68%) agree with that assertion. Believers are also disproportionately more likely (72%) to say Islam is “at odds with American values and way of life.”
Politically speaking, QAnon devotees tend to be Republicans (43%), with just over a quarter identifying as independents. Fewer than 1 in 5 are Democrats, and 12% belong to other political parties.
According to PRRI, QAnon believers are mostly white (58%), concentrated in the South (44%) and disproportionately likely to believe Trump is a “true patriot” (67%).
This article originally appeared on ReligionNews.com.
