@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • edit-211 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square297fedilinkarrow-up1845
arrow-up1845imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.world@[email protected] to Mildly [email protected] • edit-211 days agomessage-square297fedilink
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•10 days agoAlso interesting, the estimated percentage of Democrats is bigger than the estimated percentage of Republicans while the true percentage is the other way around.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•10 days agoExcept it’s wrong. 40% are independents so a 50/50 split cannot happen.
Also interesting, the estimated percentage of Democrats is bigger than the estimated percentage of Republicans while the true percentage is the other way around.
Except it’s wrong. 40% are independents so a 50/50 split cannot happen.