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Is Your Concept of ‘Most Americans’ Blown Way Out of Proportion?

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We regularly make sweeping claims about our fellow Americans — “everyone’s getting divorced these days” or “most people are college-educated.” But a recent YouGov survey reveals these casual observations expose a fascinating gap in how we perceive the makeup of our population. Americans consistently overestimate the size of minority groups while underestimating majority groups…
 
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