Meanwhile, 44 percent backed the American tradition of competing branches of government as a model, if sometimes “frustrating,” system.

Why would people want to live under an authoritarian’s thumb? It’s rooted, experts say, in a psychological need for security—real or perceived—and a desire for conformity, a goal that becomes even more acute as the country undergoes dramatic demographic and social changes. People also like to obey a strong leader who will protect the group—especially if it is the “right” group whose interests will be protected. Recall the Trump supporter who, during the 2019 government shutdown, complained, “He’s not hurting the people he needs to be hurting.”

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    That says 0.51% of adults, and under 18 rates are higher.

    1/1200 is 0.83%

    0.32% is close enough for an “about” on social media, if we add in under 18 it would get closer, but I’m not doing that much math.

    Neither is exactly 1/1200 tho

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      5 months ago

      1/1200 is .000833… So .08%. That’s not how the calculations for finding X in Y people work.

      And the source I linked specifically says 1.6 million people in the US aged 13+ identify as trans, which is 0.48% of the 333.3 million people in the US.

      We were both wrong, it’s approximately 1 in 208 people. 333,300,000 / 1,600,000 = ~208.