To celebrate 6 years of bringing data to discussions about controversial issues, we're summarizing 20 of our most interesting findings:
(3/20) Conservatives and Liberals Show Mixed Patterns of Inaccuracy on Crime
When it comes to violent crime in general, conservatives were much more likely to believe, falsely, that in 2024 violence was at historic highs (see left graph).
However, when we looked at a specific politically-charged case of violence, school shootings, conservatives tended to be more accurate. While over half of conservatives guessed, correctly, that ~50 people die in school shootings, only around 1/3rd of liberals answered similarly (see right graph).