The belief that a cabal led by George Soros and Tom Hanks is trying the rule the world through paedophilia is another. Those extreme illogicalities are rife in only one political party, ...
"As much as QAnon feels like a distinctly modern phenomenon, much of its lore is rooted in conspiracy theories that have existed for decades or, in some cases, centuries (the core one is that a global cabal of elites is running a Satanic child sex-trafficking and cannabilism ring)"
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-hard-to-gauge-support-for-qanon/
True. But still currently a Republican obsession rather than a Democrat one.
Where is your evidence most Republicans hold "The belief that a cabal led by George Soros and Tom Hanks is trying the rule the world through paedophilia ..." ?
Who said anything about "most"? And I was using shorthand to characterise the batshit crazy Trump-loving wing of the Republican party which apparently is currently in charge of it and getting candidates for elected office all over.
You said "a Republican obsession" - how does that not refer to most Republicans?
Semantics-wise, the phrasing indicates that Group 1 (R) is more likely to agree with the idea than Group 2 (D).
Practically speaking, we've got to agree that there's not a great way to specifically determine the extent to which those who identify as Republicans sympathize with radical beliefs. I try and be objective when responding to polls but plenty of folks aren't.
If you had to ask me - I would confidently be able to say that most Republicans I know (as in, in my own life and not just people I've met) believe in or agree with QAnon, the stupid pedophile cabal idea, that Jan 6 was not an insurrection, that various shootings and protests have been false flags, etc.
My parents, my wife's parents, people I was close with in high school and in college, and many extended family are at the very, very least sympathetic toward and more often than not in agreement with many of the most radical ideas espoused here and in this vein.
But we all can recognize that I'm not the statistical average. Am I an outlier? I'd probably say no. This isn't something that
those people over there believe or espouse, these radical ideas are held by a large and diverse array of people who identify as Republicans.
And yes, I will emphasize that I recognize and it's important for others to do so that anecdata =/= statistical average.
But just as the Republicans in your life might not be swayed by radical ideology, those in my life are. And there are plenty of people like you and me and versions of us in between.