Sophia voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 U.S.Presidential election.She believes that approximately 90 percent of college students also voted for Obama, when in reality that number is much lower.Sophia's overestimation is consistent with

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Sophia's overestimation of the proportion of college students who voted for Obama is consistent with the false-consensus effect, which is the tendency to overestimate the extent to which others share our beliefs and behaviors.

Sophia Voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 U