Elections Canada was curious to know how many Canadians believed in conspiracy theories in the lead up to the recent federal vote. The federal agency in charge of running elections commissioned its first stand-alone survey into the level of trust Canadians had in the electoral process.
OTTAWA -- Elections Canada was curious to know how many Canadians believed in conspiracy theories in the lead up to the recent federal vote.
Months before triggering the vote, the federal agency in charge of running elections commissioned its first stand-alone survey into the level of trust Canadians had in the electoral process. That included finding out how many held a "conspiracy mindset." Conducted by the firm Leger over 10 days in April, the poll surveyed 2,500 Canadians online and through computer assisted interviewing technology.
The research also found 40 per cent of respondents subscribed to thinking that certain big events have been the product of a "small group who secretly manipulate world events." Bridgman says false information about the novel coronavirus played a big role during the election. Social media also saw a "relentless group of individuals" making untrue claims about how mail-in votes would be counted, reflective of what unfolded during the 2020 U.S. presidential election, where former president Donald Trump pushed unsubstantiated concerns about fraudulent mail-in ballots.
One of pandemic's effects, he says, is that vaccinations have become a "flashpoint" where groups who hold different conspiracy-based beliefs, from the Earth being flat to the allegedly sinister agenda of large pharmaceutical companies, finding a home together.
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