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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Wulri@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Also interesting, the estimated percentage of Democrats is bigger than the estimated percentage of Republicans while the true percentage is the other way around.

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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Except it’s wrong. 40% are independents so a 50/50 split cannot happen.

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