CUÁNTO CONOCEN – O DESCONOCEN – LOS ESTADOUNIDENSES DE SÍ MISMOS

Distintos grupos realizaron encuestas en los EE.UU. con el fin de determinar cuánto conocen los estadounidenses de sí mismos.

Los resultados son desalentadores.

Americans guessed that 30% of their countrymen are vegan.ⁱ The real proportion? Just 5%. 

Respondents estimated 20% of Americans had a household income over $1 million. The proportion is less than 1%. i

When asked what percentage of Americans live in New York City, the respondents said 30%. The actual number: 3%. ¹ 

They assumed that about 50% of Americans have consistently opposed immigration. Actually, 75% of Americans say immigrants strengthen the U.S., three times higher than in the mid-90s. ² 

Americans guessed that somewhere between 1/4  and 1/3 of the country still opposes interracial marriage … when the actual approval rate for interracial marriage is 94%.³ 

They also thought that more than half of Americans were “very interested in politics” … when the real number is less than 25%. ² 

Fuentes:
1. “From Millionaires to Muslims, Small Subgroups of the Population Seem Much Larger to Many Americans” (Taylor Orth) – YouGovAmerica”Widespread Misperceptions of Long-Term Attitude Change”
2. (Adam M. Mastroianni and Jason Dana) – Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
3. “U.S. Approval of Interracial Marriage at New High of 94%” (Justin McCarthy) – Gallup