In their most recent Misinformation Tracking Poll, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that Republican respondents are more likely to believe false claims made by politicians and elected officials about immigrants than are Democrats, followed by Independents. For example, 45% of Republican respondents say it is “definitely true” that immigrants elevate violent crime, as do just 6% of Democrats, and 20% of Independents. Add in those who think it’s “probably true,” and you get to 81% among Republican respondents, 53% among Independents, and 22% among Democrats. Similar, slightly lower, shares are misinformed on immigrants raising unemployment among the US-born, and on relieving labor shortages, with more Democrats believing the latter to be true than Republicans. But the real shock might be the […]