Blacks made up a quarter of the Democratic Party, but Rs estimated the share at 46%.
Rs thought 38% of Dems were gay, lesbian or bisexual. The actual number was 6%.
Dems estimated that 44% of Rs make more than $250K a year. The actual share was 2%.https://t.co/h7gdKGyT7V pic.twitter.com/wPoQxjSfZj
— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 26, 2018
update:
According to a new study, Americans’ perceptions of the opposing political party tend to skew far from the truth. @OTMBrooke and @perrybaconjr discuss why the gulf between perception and reality is so wide. (@onthemedia) https://t.co/YTe3Yv13py
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) July 28, 2018
Sad! 