Conspiracy Theories Find Audience in Democrats, Republicans

Democrats and Republicans alike are falling prey to misinformation as conspiracy theories thrive across the U.S. in the weeks leading up to the presidential election, a new survey found.

A majority of Americans believe unproven or debunked claims and viral conspiracies, according to a joint survey by the liberal think tank, the Center for American Progress, and the Survey Center on American Life, a project of the right-leaning American Enterprise Institute. The survey tested different conspiracy theories -- on politics, science and public health -- to gauge whether demographic or partisan backgrounds are correlated to a higher likelihood of accepting or rejecting certain claims.