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

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by Wulri@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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

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[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

4% answered no to the first one and something like 20% answered no to the second one.

Where did the other 76% go?

[–] Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

It's an overlapping numbers from different questioneers. A bunch people for example are christians who never been to church and don't believe in a christian god.