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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmynsfw.com)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

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