Misperceptions | nccr – on the move https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:11:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 False Beliefs or Just Bad Guesses? Understanding Public Views on Immigration https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/false-beliefs-or-just-bad-guesses-understanding-public-views-on-immigration/ https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/false-beliefs-or-just-bad-guesses-understanding-public-views-on-immigration/#respond Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:48:28 +0000 https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/?p=10612 You might think that most people have misperceptions about immigration. Yet many false beliefs are merely low-confidence guesses, rather than firmly held views. New Swiss survey evidence shows that this distinction has important implications for understanding public opinion and for the quality of democratic debate.  Public debate is quick to

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]]> https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/false-beliefs-or-just-bad-guesses-understanding-public-views-on-immigration/feed/ 0 Misperceptions Drive Immigration Politics and Undermine Democracy https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/misperceptions-drive-immigration-politics-and-undermine-democracy/ https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/misperceptions-drive-immigration-politics-and-undermine-democracy/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:30:51 +0000 https://nccr-onthemove.ch/blog/?p=8091 Many people hold deep-seated misperceptions about immigration, painting its nature, effects, and governance in excessively dark colors. Rooted in concerns about out-group threats, these mistaken beliefs are often hard to correct as people are reluctant to accept contradictory information. This exacerbates polarization, undermines the deliberative tenets of pluralist discourse, and

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