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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] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Hold up.

83% have a driver's license but 88% have a car?

So 5% of Americans either have a car for the hell of it, or they drive without a license?

And there's only 3% that are atheists? More people drive without a license than are atheists?

Excuse me?

If these numbers are correct, the US is more fucked than I thought.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its possible they have lost their licence and still own a car, or the car is just in their name.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I hear you, but 5% seems high for that.

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