Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

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  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I tried to find a study I read a year or two ago about how informed voters were. It kind of shocked me that it was really close between the Rs and the Ds. Neither voter was particularly well-informed, just tribal.

    • MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip
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      1 day ago

      I went looking out of curiosity, and the first study my search turned up found:

      We have established and replicated a clear experimental effect in which subjects randomly treated with political information shift their preferences toward the Democratic Party. We draw the conclusion that, in contrast to previous observational work, the current deficit of political knowledge in the electorate actually benefits the Republican Party.

      Fowler, A., & Margolis, M. (2014). The political consequences of uninformed voters. Electoral Studies, Volume 34, 2014, 100-110. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2013.09.009]

      I’m not trying to refute your statement or the assertion that you saw the study you describe; I just found this bit interesting and worth adding here.

      • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        I found a couple that almost said the same thing, but can’t seem to dig up the study I had read. That’s annoying. It left an impression because I too had thought (and if I’m honest, I still think) the more progressive thinkers have a better understanding and are better informed than our ugly regressive opponents. I was kind of down for a few days after reading that both sides were pretty equally shitty. Just in terms of knowledge, not life view or wishes for society/humanity.