Even The Facts Are Polarized

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A new study from a team of economists at Harvard looked at just how polarized Americans have become. And as it turns out, that polarization goes beyond political ideologies and extends to the facts themselves. Democrats and Republicans tend to differ sharply in their perception of issues like immigration, inequality, and social mobility. And both groups tend to have views of the world that diverge from reality.

Could this stark difference in perception, even on questions that can be easily checked, be contributing to America's increasingly polarized political discourse?

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