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July 15, 2008
crazy poll statistic
There's a new New York Times CBS poll out. It's not a very reliable poll for the upcoming election (registered voters), but there's a fascinating statistic buried at question 80.
Just as your best guess, about what percentage of all Americans are black: less than 10%, between 10 and 20%, between 20 and 30%, between 30 and 50%, or more than 50%?It's amazing how little people know about population in the United States. 41% of registered voters believe African-Americans make up at least 30% of the population. Maybe that's not so shocking and I'm just a fact nerd. Unfortunately there are no questions in the poll about black-holes. Just for the record, 13.1% of the US population is African-American.
Posted by nemov at July 15, 2008 9:01 PM
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i love asking white people this question. the responses are hilarious and totally unbelievable. some people even believe that my hometown is as much as 80% black!
so much fear: fear of blacks, fear of mexicans, fear of homosexuals, fear of muslims, fear of terrorists crossing the mexican border (wah?).
Posted by: brown at July 16, 2008 11:01 AM