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This part is key:

Such “survey clickbait” erodes society’s self-esteem, said Duke University political scientist Sunshine Hillygus: It “undermines people's trust that the American public is capable of self-governance.”

@thecorodon @arstechnica watching anything coming out of Magaverse, I tend to agree