Quarter of a Quarter
Sep 15, 2016
[...] facts are observably incapable of persuading MOST of the US population. Their minds are not changed by the receipt of new information, regardless of how accurate it may be. As much as 80 percent of the population is totally impervious to observation, statistics, eyewitness testimony, genetic science, and documentary evidence.
Here in Canada, within the context of political knowledge, I've noticed that about 75% of the people don't have an understanding of the basics. Plus, they're not even interested in decreasing their ignorance. Presenting information to them would be like putting an encyclopedia in front of a squirrel. It's a waste of time and it makes you look stupid.
Of the remaining who follow and get the current politics, 75% either go with the flow or they're too deeply indoctrinated by the lovely cuddly socialist paradise that is Canada.
That leaves 6.25% of the Canadian total who can be reasoned with. That's close to the US estimate that Vox concludes with in his post.
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