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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)
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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] celeste@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 weeks ago

Actually it's 50% on everything you either belong to a group or you don't /j