Stephan:   In my search for information on trends I often start with primary peer-reviewed journals and then look for a popular presentation of the material. But in this case, although parts of this paper may be a little technical (mostly you can skip the statistics) I decided that the primary paper was the most important and clearest presentation of this data. For sometime I have been looking for a study on why Theocratic Rightists as a cohort seem so unaware of and disconnected from actual facts. It isn't just that many believe the world was created in six days about 6,000 years ago, although that is factor. What particularly has concerned me is their lack of ability of distinguish actual facts from political polemic; that being the major defining characteristic of Republican conservatives. As the report concludes, "the present work shows that political conservatism is positively related to seeing profoundness in pseudo-profound bullshit statements." Well, others have gotten interested as well, and one research team has finally done the heavy lifting to answer the question, and publish. Here is there paper as published. Citation: Pfattheicher S, Schindler S (2016) Misperceiving Bullshit as Profound Is Associated with Favorable Views of Cruz, Rubio, Trump and Conservatism. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153419. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153419.