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Researchers tackle information avoidance and partisan divide

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U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina March 9, 2016. Picture taken March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake - RTSA4GH (Reuters)

No one wants to be wrong: Why each side of the partisan divide thinks the other is living in an alternate reality

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Some of the roughly 200 people who attended the Higher Ground Moral Day of Action march around the Capitol, after a rally on the buildings front steps, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Harrisburg, Pa. A prominent part of their message was support for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but they also advocated for action on climate change and greater use of clean energy, prison reform and union rights. (AP Photo/Mark Scolforo) (AP)

Science issues seem to divide the country along party lines, which raises the question: Why?

Lauren Griffin