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Thread: Republican misinformation campaigns do not JUST register among likely Republican 2020 voters, they register among likely Democratic 2020 voters as well, and threaten the very foundations of our Democracy 1/n
(this is based on @PredictWise polling from last week: Yes, the majority of Republicans wrongfully believe the number of illegal immigrants has gone up or stayed the same, but 70% of Democrats believe this as well, with with 61% (!!) Dems believing the number has increased. 2/n 
Health insurance: Among Republicans, 54% believes the number of insured to have at least remained the same; but among Dem 2020 voters 45% believe that the number of insured has at least remained the same, with 23% wrongfully believing the number has gone up 3/n
Federal spending: 71% of Republicans believe that the poor receive at least as much as the elderly. And again, a majority of Democrats is wrongfully convinced that the poor receive at least as much Federal spending than the elderly (60%).
Gun Violence: 75% of Republicans believe that car crashes kill the same amount or more than gun violence. Again, even among Democrats, a majority believes car crashes to be at least as fatal as gun violence (52%), with 40% believing that car crashes kill more than gun violence.
Take-away: Misinformation has a massive pro-Republican bias, even among Democratic voters (!!!). Working hypothesis: Not enough mainstream media opposition to strategic Republican onslaught of misinformation!
Full write-up, including cross-tabs: here blog.predictwise.com/2019/04/misinf… end/n
