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title: ""Let’s start with how much Republicans and Democrats actually know…"
date: 2019-07-30
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# "Let’s start with how much Republicans and Democrats actually know…

*July 30, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/youre-probably-making-incorrect-assumptions-about-your-opposing-political-party/2019/07/26/9f888f0a-a995-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.410d588a2d06](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/youre-probably-making-incorrect-assumptions-about-your-opposing-political-party/2019/07/26/9f888f0a-a995-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.410d588a2d06){target="_blank"}
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\"Let's start with how much Republicans and Democrats actually know about the lives of people on the other side. The authors of a 2017 study in the Journal of Politics revealed that the average Democrat believes that more than 40 percent of Republicans earn more than \$250,000 per year. Meanwhile, Republicans believe that nearly 40 percent of Democrats are LGBTQ. How close are these estimates to reality? Not very. Just 2 percent of Republicans are doing that well financially, and just 6 percent of Democrats are LGBTQ. \"
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