More in Common surveyed over 6,000 Americans via YouGov, including oversamples of Christian, Jewish, and Muslim respondents, to compare public perceptions of religious Americans’ politics and values against those groups’ actual, self-reported views. The study documents large “perception gaps” — for instance, non-Evangelicals estimate 41% of Evangelicals say political party is their most important identity, when only 4% actually do — and finds most religious groups studied report feeling judged or misrepresented as a result, suggesting that correcting these misperceptions could reduce a form of intergroup hostility the researchers call “collateral contempt.”