“According to the survey, nearly a fifth of American adults, 17 percent, believe that ‘a group of Satan-worshiping elites who run a child sex ring are trying to control our politics.’ Almost a third ‘believe that voter fraud helped Joe Biden win the 2020 election.’ Even more, 39 percent, agree that “there is a deep state working to undermine President Trump.'” The NYT’s Thomas B. Edsall with another must-read column in which he talks to the experts about conspiracy theories. The QAnon Delusion Has Not Loosened Its Grip.