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Policy Knowledge in the Public

The paper explores public understanding of the key facts and data necessary to understand major public policy debates confronting voters. The YouGov survey of 2,000 households reveals substantial inaccurate information and self-admitted lack of basic factual knowledge among voters. It also reveals a widespread desire for more reliable, factual information that respondents believe would most benefit themselves and others on important fiscal issues, education, voting laws, inequality, immigration and climate.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024 0 min read By:

Michael J. Boskin, Douglas Rivers,

Research Team: Tennenbaum Program for Fact-Based Policy,

Policy Knowledge In The Public

By: Michael J. Boskin Douglas Rivers

Abstract: The paper explores public understanding of the key facts and data necessary to understand major public policy debates confronting voters. The YouGov survey of 2,000 households reveals substantial inaccurate information and self-admitted lack of basic factual knowledge among voters. It also reveals a widespread desire for more reliable, factual information that respondents believe would most benefit themselves and others on important fiscal issues, education, voting laws, inequality, immigration and climate.

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Policy Knowledge in the Public by Hoover Institution

About the Authors

Michael J. Boskin is the Wohlford Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Tully M. Friedman Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

Douglas Rivers is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, a professor of political science at Stanford University, and chief scientist at YouGov PLC.