Conspiracy theories gain new life as US campaign unfolds

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "If they do not maintain their board positions... there's going to be a huge amount of turmoil," Rickert frets, noting that a local militia operates in the county, which issues a large number of gun permits.
44% : That set off a showdown with the Democratically controlled state legislature, which enacted a law that narrowly limits hand counting of ballots to races with fewer than 1,000 eligible registered voters.
41% : Many firmly believe in "computer manipulation" and describe the Dominion vote-counting machines as "black boxes" that can be manipulated in secret. "Donald Trump won despite the cheating against him here in Shasta County," says Laura Hobbs, a stay-at-home mom. - To count manually or not - A motorist drives in Redding, a small northern California city in the shadow of snow-covered Mount Shasta.
35% : " Mary Rickert, a Republican elected official from Shasta County, California, tends to a horse on her ranch Rickert voted for Trump twice, but swears she'll never do so again.
25% : " - Fear of violence - Election workers sort absentee ballots using machines before the U.S. primary in Redding, California In Redding, many residents expect Trump to crush his rival Nikki Haley on Tuesday.
24% : Jones, a gunsmith who wears a pistol strapped to his ankle at all times, already threatens to deny any outcome other than his team's re-election -- just like Trump did after his 2020 election loss.
16% : In historically conservative Shasta County, Trump soundly defeated Biden, garnering 65 percent of the vote.
15% : This rural northern California area mirrors the forces fracturing America ever since Donald Trump falsely asserted that the 2020 election was stolen from him.

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