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“Believing what you want to believe”: How conspiratorial mindset and partisanship shape the understanding of opinion polls on social media

Fri, April 24, 3:20 to 4:50pm CDT (3:20 to 4:50pm CDT), TBA

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This study shows that biased social polls on X lower trust in polling and boost perceived support for favored candidates, especially among conspiratorial thinkers and partisans. Fact-checking notes failed to meaningfully correct these effects.

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