domingjm wrote:
Posted above. But you're right. If we extrapolate from the poll and assume republicans constitute approximately 50% of the population, and assume that zero democrats believe any of his lies, it's more like 40% of the US population doesn't know how to distinguish truth from falsehood. It's disappointing that I'm not more wrong.
depending on which polls/measurements you want to believe, Rs are about 30% of the population. Encouragingly, that means well over 70% of the population is capable of distinguishing truth from falsehood. For the rest, note we are in base crazy territory here, the 27% Crazification Factor identified back in the Bush years. The problem is that gerrymandering and Fox News and voter suppression and Facebook Russian ads, between them all, give that crazy base surprising power.
"Tyrone: Obama vs. Alan Keyes. Keyes was from out of state, so you can eliminate any established political base; both candidates were black, so you can factor out racism; and Keyes was plainly, obviously, completely crazy. Batshit crazy. Head-trauma crazy. But 27% of the population of Illinois voted for him. They put party identification, personal prejudice, whatever ahead of rational judgement. Hell, even like 5% of Democrats voted for him. That's crazy behaviour. I think you have to assume a 27% Crazification Factor in any population."
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doug in co: Oct 26, 18 8:42