| − | '''Political identification bias''' describes the tendency to make blind guesses or assumptions about a person's political affiliation based on whether or not we agree with or like them. | + | '''Political identification bias''' describes the tendency to make blind guesses or assumptions about a person's [[political]] affiliation based on whether or not we agree with or like them. |
| − | Sometimes, a person may base the guess on things they usually associate with liberals or conservatives. For example, we might assume that a gun owner who goes to church is a conservative while we might assume that an atheist is a liberal. More often, however, we make such guesses without knowing much or anything about a person's opinions. | + | Sometimes, a person may base the guess on things they usually associate with [[liberal]]s or [[conservative]]s. For example, we might assume that a [[gun]] owner who goes to [[church]] is a conservative while we might assume that an [[atheist]] is a liberal. More often, however, we make such guesses without knowing much or anything about a person's opinions. |