Why the views of ‘political experts’ may be just as biased and error ridden as those of ‘non-experts’

… Despite the largely uncritical acceptance of the concept of political expertise among political pundits, theorists, and political scientists, there is precious little evidence to support the claim that politically knowledgeable citizens form their opinions in a manner befitting the term “expertise.” In fact, when we have looked at the information-processing strategies of politically sophisticated citizens in controlled experiments, we see a number of behaviors that call into the question the assumption of expert political judgment. CONT.

Douglas Pierce (American U.), USAPP

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