Wulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agoAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldimagemessage-square289fedilinkarrow-up1840arrow-down119file-text
arrow-up1821arrow-down1imageAmericans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groupslemmy.worldWulri@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · edit-23 days agomessage-square289fedilinkfile-text
Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 days agoHold up. 83% have a driver’s license but 88% have a car? So 5% of Americans either have a car for the hell of it, or they drive without a license? And there’s only 3% that are atheists? More people drive without a license than are atheists? Excuse me? If these numbers are correct, the US is more fucked than I thought.
minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoMy grandma has a car but she doesn’t drive anymore. Now, if she needs a ride somewhere, I can take her in her own car, since mine is far too low to the ground for her.
minus-squareJackFrostNCola@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoIts possible they have lost their licence and still own a car, or the car is just in their name.
minus-squareMystikIncarnate@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI hear you, but 5% seems high for that.
Hold up.
83% have a driver’s license but 88% have a car?
So 5% of Americans either have a car for the hell of it, or they drive without a license?
And there’s only 3% that are atheists? More people drive without a license than are atheists?
Excuse me?
If these numbers are correct, the US is more fucked than I thought.
My grandma has a car but she doesn’t drive anymore. Now, if she needs a ride somewhere, I can take her in her own car, since mine is far too low to the ground for her.
Its possible they have lost their licence and still own a car, or the car is just in their name.
I hear you, but 5% seems high for that.