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Americans overestimate the size of minority groups and underestimate the size of most majority groups (lemmy.world)

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Source: https://today.yougov.com/politics/articles/41556-americans-misestimate-small-subgroups-population

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[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago

Even if you don't go to church if you were raised going to church and then stopped, you still might call yourself a [cultural] Christian.

Also being atheist has a bad reputation attached to it for some people, so someone who meets the definition might not self identify as one.

Similarly I expect that's also why there are a fewer percentage of Democrats than there are Republicans. I may have voted down ballot for only Democrats, but am I a DNC supporting Democrat? Not really.