[Thread] People in the United States and many other countries are confused about social issues. For example, people generally overestimate the percentage of the population that is Muslim:pic.twitter.com/H5nIdkBpZ0
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In conclusion, people think things are worse than they are, that majority groups are less predominant than they are, and that "outsiders" are more prevalent than they are. And people are developing political beliefs and then voting based on these misperceptions.
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Case for misperceptions not proven in re. Muslim and Christians. The usual methods to count Muslims are under-estimates as they rely on country of birth etc. legal statistics. Common for Muslims (and other immigrants) to be counted as Natives, especially 2nd and 3rd generations.