Do Facts Matter? Information and Misinformation in American Politics

• Published in: Political science quarterly Vol. 130; no. 4; pp. 585 - 624
• Main Authors: Hochschild, Jennifer L., Einstein, Katherine Levine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015; Academy of Political Science; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Democracy; False information; Information; Obama, Barack; Political science; Presidents; Public opinion; United States > US

Was Barack Hussein Obama born outside the United States, so that his presidency and all laws passed under it are unconstitutional? Are two out of every five Americans black? Did the crime rate rise during the first 15 years of the twenty-first century? These are questions of factual information, to...