The reason some of us think partisans are needlessly hyperventilating about the awfulness of the “other” side is that too many partisans are indeed needlessly hyperventilating.
A new survey sponsored by a group called More in Common shows that the more politically attuned Americans are, the more likely they are to falsely attribute extreme views to the other side. Repeat: falsely.
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