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2022-05-01 20:38:09 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Graham is misinterpreting these charts, which show how consistent voters are in their beliefs, not how extreme those beliefs are. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2017/10/05/1-partisan-divides-over-political-values-widen/ Pew Research has also found that Republicans have become "much more conservative" while Democrats have become "somewhat more liberal." https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/10/the-polarization-in-todays-congress-has-roots-that-go-back-decades/

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• Graham is misinterpreting these charts, which show how consistent voters are in their beliefs, not how extreme those beliefs are. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2017/10/05/1-partisan-divides-over-political-values-widen/ Pew Research has also found that Republicans have become "much more conservative" while Democrats have become "somewhat more liberal." https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/03/10/the-polarization-in-todays-congress-has-roots-that-go-back-decades/