How Does Democracy Work With a Citizenry Increasingly Uninformed & Fearful?

How Does Democracy Work With a Citizenry Increasingly Uninformed & Fearful?

The data shows that Americans wildly overestimate the number of people in this country who are NOT like them. And Americans wildly underestimate the number of people in this country who ARE like them. This misinformation creates fear. And politicians feed on this fear. What do we do about this?

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Here Is Why This Race Is So Damn Close

Here Is Why This Race Is So Damn Close

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The Guy On The Ground (Me) Thinks Trump Is Winning. The Polling Analyst (Him) Disagrees. So We Sat Down.

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It Wasn't Democrats. It Was Republicans, It Was Trump Loyalists Who Provided The Evidence Against Trump

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