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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/kegill/statuses/113523825638310239">Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦 (kegill@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 06:43:51 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kegill" title="kegill@mastodon.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/20650-48-20230607044145.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦</a></section><article><p>A 2022 YouGov survey suggests that conservative talking points have an ripe if uneducated audience: </p><p>“Americans tend to vastly overestimate the size of minority groups.”</p><p>— Trans people: 21% but actually 1%<br>— Black people: 41% but actually 12%<br>— Jewish people: 30% but actually 2%</p><p><a href="https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population</a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" rel="tag">#USPolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2024" rel="tag">#Election2024</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demographics" rel="tag">#demographics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" rel="tag">#LGBTQ</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4058690#notice-7931128">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-11-24T06:43:51+09:00" title="Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 06:43:51 JST">about 6 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kegill/113523825638310239" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.social via ActivityPub">mastodon.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kegill/113523825638310239">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/3554990">Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupsChart shows Estimated proportions are calculated by averaging weighted responses (ranging from 0% to 100%, rounded to the nearest whole percentage) to the question "If you had to guess, what percentage of American adults..." True proportions were drawn from a variety of sources, including the U.S. Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and polls by YouGov and other polling firms.</a></label><br><a href="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/523/825/374/213/599/original/7106dbf50de0db20.jpeg" rel="external">https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/523/825/374/213/599/original/7106dbf50de0db20.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦 (kegill@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 06:43:51 JST Kathy E. Gill 🇺🇦
A 2022 YouGov survey suggests that conservative talking points have an ripe if uneducated audience:
“Americans tend to vastly overestimate the size of minority groups.”
— Trans people: 21% but actually 1%
— Black people: 41% but actually 12%
— Jewish people: 30% but actually 2%
https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
#USPolitics #Election2024 #demographics #LGBTQ
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