New Report: Were Americans more informed about police shootings in 2022 than 2020?
In both years, we asked people to estimate how many unarmed black men were killed by police during the previous year.
Here's what we found.
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2020 Survey: "How many unarmed black men were killed by police in 2019?"
The Washington Post's police shooting database says 12.
54% of "Very Liberals" (least accurate) estimated 1,000+.
13% of "Conservatives" (most accurate) estimated 1,000+.
2022 Survey: “How many unarmed black men were killed by police in 2021?”
The Washington Post's police shooting database says 11.
40% of "Very Liberals" (least accurate) estimated 1,000+.
16% of "Very Conservatives" (most accurate) estimated 1,000+.
2020 & 2022 Surveys Compared
There was a modest improvement in accuracy.
The greatest improvement occurred among “Very Conservatives.”
While liberals increased how often they gave the false answer of “About 100,” they gave even more extreme answers less often.
Why are people are so misinformed about this?
What caused accuracy to slightly improve since 2020?
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