The survey asked Democrats: “How many Republicans believe that racism is still a problem in America today?” Democrats guessed 50%. The survey asked Republicans how many Democrats believe “most police are bad people”. In their survey answers, highly-educated Republicans were no more accurate in their ideas about Democratic opinion than poorly educated Republicans. The more they report “almost all my friends hold the same political views”, the worse their guesses on what Republicans think. Although in principle more tolerant of political diversity, highly educated – and mostly urban – Democrats live, ironically, with less of it.

Source: The Guardian July 21, 2019 08:01 UTC