“…Second, to Americans being more prone to adopting conspiracy mentalities [ 121 , 122 ]. Third, to America's polarization discourse being clearly defined along political party lines but distinguished by the political context of each state, whereas India's “federal structure, multiparty system, and linguistic differences manifest in the coalescing political discourse in the largely monolingual north and the scattered regional states” ([ 123 ], p. 1054). Future research, focused on country-level differences [ 52 ] pertaining to these three realms, as well as others, should help further elucidate the causes of our findings.…”