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It turns out those polled are not good at knowing verifiable facts like: What share of U.S. immigrants receive unemployment? What share of U.S. immigrants are
by dfxm12 6y ago
It turns out those polled are not good at knowing verifiable facts like:
What share of U.S. immigrants receive unemployment?
What share of U.S. immigrants are Muslim?
Why do people even hazard a guess at this stuff? Does your average Joe registered voter really think they have such a handle on immigration in their country that they think they know the religion of everyone coming in and who is receiving exactly what benefits?
Talk about the Dunning–Kruger effect...
- sonofgod 6y agoBecause they've been asked to. And I expect that if there's hesitation, the survey runners ask them to give their best guess. And if they don't guess, and move onto the next question, then they're eliminated from the aggregated results.