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Most Americans Rely on Shortcuts for Complex Political Issues
Original: On complex political issues, most Americans take shortcuts to simplicity
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley report that when facing complicated political questions, most Americans do not engage with the full detail but instead fall back on simplifying shortcuts such as party labels, group identity or general ideological cues. The finding suggests that public opinion on intricate policy debates is shaped more by cognitive ease than by deep deliberation.
Why now: A university research finding about how voters form political opinions is drawing attention amid heated political debate.
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- On complex political issues, most Americans take shortcuts to simplicity · University of California, Berkeley
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