Democrats and Republicans are very bad at guessing each other’s beliefs
washingtonpost.com
Political polarization distorts reality. Here’s proof.
Brian Dukes
1718 days ago
Real and consequential differences separate Americans, but the more divided we get, the more mistakes we make. For example, Democrats estimate that about half of Republicans would admit that racism is still a problem in the United States, when in reality 79 percent of Republicans say so. Republicans, meanwhile, think fully half of Democrats would say that “most police are bad people.” The actual percentage is 15 percent.