(Mis)Informed: What Americans Know About Social Groups and Why it Matters for Politics

This Element examines just how much the public knows about some of America''s most stigmatized social groups, who comprise 40.3% of the population, and evaluates whether misinformation matters for shaping policy attitudes and candidate support. The authors design and field an original survey containing large national samples of Black, Latino, Asian, Muslim, and White Americans, and include measure...