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Removing these inflationary features from survey questions produces knowledge estimates that are more strongly associated with established predictors of political knowledge, such as interest, participation and education. 4/7

We find that common features of commercial polls like not asking don’t know, inserting a partisan cue, and treating unconfident answers as knowledge inflate the partisan gaps by up to 50%. 3/7

In a new working paper @soodoku.bsky.social, Lucas Shen, and I find that commercial polls inflate the partisan gap and that a big chunk of the partisan gap is not founded in differences in beliefs but an artifact of survey design! 2/7

How much do Republicans and Democrats disagree about political facts? In the news, we can frequently find reports of large gaps in how partisans perceive the world.

Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7

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