The Perception Gap Quiz

Me compared to other Republicans

Average Republican %

1 Properly controlled immigration can be good for America

Agree

2 Racism still exists in America

Disagree

3 Many Muslims are good Americans

Agree

4 Sexism still exists in America

Disagree

5 The government should do more to stop guns getting into the hands of bad people

Agree

6 Donald Trump is a flawed person

Agree

7 People are right to be concerned about how climate change might affect us

Agree

1.Properly controlled immigration can be good for America
2.Racism still exists in America
3.Many Muslims are good Americans
4.Sexism still exists in America
5.The government should do more to stop guns getting into the hands of bad people
6.Donald Trump is a flawed person
7.People are right to be concerned about how climate change might affect us

For each statement above, you can compare the average agreement of the Republicans in our study (plotted in red) to your own agree and disagree choices (shown in the text column to the right of the graph).

My Perception Gap is: -5%

Your score is calculated by averaging the difference between your estimates of Democrats’ views and their actual views.
On average, Republicans have a Perception Gap of 27%.
On average, Independents have a Perception Gap of 20% when assessing Democrats.

Your response
Average Democrat %
Perception Gap

1 Most police are bad people (showing % disagree)

-6%

2 I am proud to be American, though I acknowledge my country's flaws

3 It is important that men are protected from false accusations pertaining to sexual assault

-13%

4 The US should have completely open borders (showing % disagree)

-4%

5 Law abiding citizens should have the right to bear firearms

18%

6 America should be a socialist country (showing % disagree)

-10%

7 The US should abolish ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) (showing % disagree)

-21%

1.Most police are bad people (showing % disagree)
2.I am proud to be American, though I acknowledge my country's flaws
3.It is important that men are protected from false accusations pertaining to sexual assault
4.The US should have completely open borders (showing % disagree)
5.Law abiding citizens should have the right to bear firearms
6.America should be a socialist country (showing % disagree)
7.The US should abolish ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) (showing % disagree)

Here you can compare your estimates (shown in red) of Democrats' beliefs to the average of Democrats in our study (shown in blue). The gray bar indicates the gap between your perception and the reality of Democrats' views. The Perception Gap score above is the average of all individual gaps. Positive gap numbers indicate overestimates of how partisan or extreme the other side is, while negative numbers indicate the opposite.

For several of the statements, we show the estimated disagreement level. This is calculated by subtracting the agreement percentage from 100. This allows us to compare the statements in a consistent way: all numbers approaching 100 indicate similarity to Republican views, while numbers approaching zero indicate distance from Republican views.

My Perception Gap Results

Me compared to other Republicans

My Perception Gap is: -5%