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2021-04-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-
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Voter Misperceptions - Left and Right
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[Just Facts.com] During the late 1800s when the renowned scientist Louis Pasteur was trying to overturn the medical community's deadly belief that germs are not communicable, he wrote: "The greatest aberration of the mind is to believe a thing to be, because we desire it." The results of a scientific survey conducted just after the 2020 presidential election show that voters from across the political spectrum have failed to heed that warning.
Or were blissfully unaware of said "warning".
 The survey, commissioned by Just Facts, reveals that the vast bulk of voters have embraced false and harmful dogmas that accord with their political views. This is a typical consequence of confirmation bias, the human tendency to reflexively accept anything that accords with one's preexisting beliefs and ignore or twist everything that defies them.
While most polls measure public opinion, this annual scientific survey measures voters' perceptions of issues that can have major impacts on their lives. This year's survey used an entirely new set of questions that addressed the topics of Covid-19, income, poverty, racial disparities, global warming, drug overdoses, life expectancy, pollution, and the national debt.
They also provide the 'correct' answers, with which some may disagree.
Some illuminating examples of the misconceptions held by voters with differing political preferences include the following:
76% of Trump voters think that the average income of middle-income households fell during the Obama administration. In reality, their inflation-adjusted average income rose by $5,300 during this period.
I wonder of O changed the definition of "middle-income"?
88% of Biden voters think that police are more likely to use lethal force when arresting black people than white people. In reality, police are 42% less likely to use lethal force when arresting blacks than whites.
Hmmmmm.... The survey also found that a considerable portion of Trump voters have adopted some progressive fallacies spread by the media. For instance, 38% of Trump voters (and 86% of Biden voters) think that the number of strong-to-violent tornadoes in the U.S. has generally increased since the 1950s. In reality, they have slightly decreased.
The science is unsettled? I was surprised by a couple of correct answers. Unexpectedly.
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