Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square293linkfedilinkarrow-up1850arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1831arrow-down1imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-21 month agomessage-square293linkfedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squarehuppakee@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month 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-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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.