About six in 10 Americans believe that more than one person was involved in the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President John F. Kennedy — the lowest percentage in nearly 50 years.
Thirty percent say Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman in the murder, and 61 percent say others were involved in a conspiracy, according to Gallup. Oswald was captured by Dallas police hours after the assassination but was killed by Jack Ruby two days later and never stood trial.
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The 61 percent figure is actually the lowest in nearly half a century, however; in 1976, 81 percent of Americans believed in a wider conspiracy. In a poll conducted from Nov. 22-27, 1963, 52 percent thought it was a conspiracy and 29 percent thought Oswald was the lone gunman.
Of those who believe the assassination was a conspiracy, 13 percent think it involved the mafia, 13 percent think the U.S./federal government, and 7 percent said the CIA. Forty percent did not offer an opinion about a specific person or group.
The survey of 1,039 Americans aged 18 or older was taken from Nov. 7-10 and has a margin of error of 4 percentage points.
