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POLL THREAD: A series of questions asking you to predict results from my Who Do You Know survey, where people answer if they know someone who is [x], and if so how close is that person to them? Is it themselves? The closer, the higher the score, and I compare the average scores.
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Tested positive for Covid
    72.4%
  • Is a medical doctor
    27.6%
1,116 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Voted for Trump
    87.8%
  • Committed suicide
    12.2%
1,080 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Is polyamorous
    37.7%
  • Is transgender
    62.3%
1,058 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Is a victim of rape
    55.4%
  • Is a fundie Christian
    44.6%
1,047 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who's been:
  • Incarcerated for 1+ years
    46.2%
  • Diagnosed w/ lung cancer
    53.8%
1,120 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Died from covid
    84.5%
  • Got murdered
    15.5%
1,138 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who's been:
  • Homeless for 3+ months
    85.4%
  • Won 10k+ in lottery
    14.6%
1,124 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Was homeschooled k-12
    68.1%
  • Is orthodox jew
    31.9%
1,099 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Didnt learn 2 read as kid
    54.4%
  • Victim of sex trafficking
    45.6%
1,293 votesFinal results
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You predict people are more likely to report knowing someone in the last five years who:
  • Is explicitly racist
    75.6%
  • Permanent psychotic break
    24.4%
1,358 votesFinal results
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FYI, until I got to this one, I assumed that the "people" in question didn't need to know that the polled examples were true of the people they knew. They just needed to know people for whom it was true. Might just be me but it seems ambiguous in hindsight too.
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