Trumpistas Have An Amazing Ability To Deny Reality

Posted on the 06 November 2017 by Jobsanger

It is beyond doubt that Russia invented fake news stories to help Donald Trump win the election. Social media sites have all admitted they were used in this way -- and are currently being grilled by Congress about it. In addition, Congress applied new sanctions against Russia for this behavior.
But if there's anything Trump voters are good at -- it's denying reality (no matter how much evidence is revealed). About 78% of Trump voters don't believe the Russians created and spread fake stories to help Trump (38% say it definitely didn't happen and 40% say it probably didn't happen). Only a tiny 22% say it probably (20%) or definitely (2%) happened.
This chart shows results from a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 29th and 31st of a random national sample of 1,500 adults (including 497 Trump voters), with a 3 point margin of error.