• Aldehyde@kbin.social
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    Most likely because one of the 2 major American political parties denies it exists, and the other is dragging its feet on implementing green energy

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        They make themselves seem like half by changing rules and district maps, to steal half of the representation

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          The districts are only part of the problem. The Constitution gives low population states a lot more power in both the Senate and Electoral College. Even if we fix the House districts they’ll still have a bigger voice than they actually do.

          For example, only once in the last 30 years has a Republican won the popular vote for the presidency, but they’ve held the office for 12 of those years.

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      Yeah that seems like basically they argument.

      Preliminary evidence suggests three sources of these misperceptions: (i) consistent with a false consensus effect, respondents who support these policies less (conservatives) underestimate support by a greater degree; controlling for one’s own personal politics, (ii) exposure to more conservative local norms and (iii) consuming conservative news correspond to greater misperceptions.