1. The Paranoid Style of Mass Public Opinion Eric Oliver and Tom Wood University of Chicago Presentation to 2011 CCES Conference

2. 2006 2010 Popularity of Various Conspiracy Theories

3. Support for Conspiracy by Party ID

4. No Differences in TYPES of Media but Big Differences in SOURCES of Media

5. Jews/Oil Behind Iraq War Banks Orchestrated Financial Crisis Obama Not Born in US Education (4 categories)-.42**-.28**-.23** Income (12 categories.05*-.02-.01 Party ID (1 = Dem, 3 = Rep) -.789**-.32*.394** Ideology (1 = Strong Lib, 5 = Strong Conserv.) -.375**-.03.295** Age (18-82)-.07.09.23* Black.464.64*.22 Racial Resentment (0 -8)-.005.08*.431** Determinants of Support for 3 Conspiracy Theories Cells are logistic regression coefficients, ** p <.01, * p <.05, ncases = 857