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According to the study, AfD supporters are receptive to corona conspiracy stories

2021-01-27T11:52:31.354Z


Conspiracy narratives are more popular with AfD voters. A team of researchers from the University of Leipzig came to this conclusion. The spread is not limited to the right spectrum.


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AfD supporters are more susceptible to conspiracy narratives than voters from other parties, according to a study by the University of Leipzig.

According to the scientists, this also applies to Covid-19.

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Nevertheless, it should be noted that conspiracy narratives are also spreading beyond this and are not limited to people in the right-wing spectrum,

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says the paper, which is based on the results of a representative survey from early summer 2020.

In order to measure the approval of corona-related conspiracy narratives, the respondents should position themselves on two statements:

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The actual background of the corona illness will never come to the public light

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and

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The corona crisis was talked about so big that a few of it can benefit

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When evaluating the results, the researchers from the Else Frenkel Brunswik Institute found that around 68 percent of people who wanted to mark the AfD in their next election tend to agree with these statements.

The same applies to around 65 percent of non-voters, as well as just under 47 percent of FDP voters and around 37 percent of SPD supporters.

Research team warns of dangers

According to the information, almost a third (31.9 percent) of the voters of the Left Party held such a view.

Among the supporters of the Union parties, it was a good 28 percent.

At 21.4 percent, the value was lowest among voters for the Greens.

The research team led by social psychologist Oliver Decker warned against underestimating the importance and dangers of conspiracy narratives.

The study states:

Many narratives are absurd and contradictory, so their political significance is often underestimated.

Conspiracy narratives are often based on a simple friend-foe construction and are designed in such a way that they cannot be checked and thus also irrefutable.

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Source: spiegel

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