Conservatives estimated that 54 percent of news on the radio, TV and in newspapers was misinformation. https://t.co/ncfJlp1eIh
— Poynter (@Poynter) June 26, 2018
Category: Polls
Democrats and Republicans have a lot of misconceptions about the other party
update:
New Gallup poll on Trump
Republican fondness for Putin has doubled
24% of Republicans approve of a man who meddled in our election. That’s disgusting.
I am not a big fan of Nancy Pelosi either but she has not murdered people, locked thousands of people up, etc. like Kim has.
Republicans’ views of college have turned much more negative
This article notes “A majority of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (58%) now say that colleges and universities have a negative effect on the country, up from 45% last year. By contrast, most Democrats and Democratic leaners (72%) say colleges and universities have a positive effect, which is little changed from recent years.”
Give the kids a break
“..since 1999 there’s been a 71 percent increase in the share of kids who don’t eat vegetables” according to the article.
Democrats and Republicans have very different views on media bias
This links to a study on which news sources Democrats and Republicans think are unbiased. The differences are remarkable but not unexpected in our polarized country.
Distrust of the media leads to this:
People think there are more immigrants than there are
From the study cited in the article: “For instance, in the U.S., the actual number of immigrants as defined above is 10%, but the average perception is 36%”
This article shows the percent in the US as 14% which is still much lower than the perceived total.
Three-quarters of Americans say immigration is good
It’s becoming more popular!
Most Americans favor legal status for illegal immigrants who came as children
Sad! 