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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Holy, holy, holy...they actually thought 21% of people are transgender? 1 in 5?? The only thing this proves is the polled Americans are stupid AF. 🙄🙄🙄

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

seems like they polled mostly boomers or conservatives.