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The Sarah Palin Mandela Effect: How America Believes in a Fictional Politician

Dr. Booker DeWitt1 and Dr. R. Sanchez2

1 Department of Paranormal Psychology, Cranberry-Lemon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2 Department of Multiverse Physics, Cranberry-Lemon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Abstract

More than thirteen years after the turbulent 2008 presidential election, some people still believe that Sarah Palin is a real person. It seems far-fetched that people would believe that a gun-totin’, tea-partying, Alaskan governor from the north with a strong midwestern accent and an even more aggressive up-do would have been John McCain’s running mate. Regardless of how fantastical it is, many Americans are confident that she was not only a real ...

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