The Ideological Turing Test

Can you tell the difference between real and fake Democrats and Republicans?

You’re about to see 10 statements that people wrote based one of two prompts: “I’m a democrat because…” or “I’m a republican because…”.

We randomly assigned each person to one prompt or the other, so they didn’t get to choose. (We offered them a bonus if their statement sounded convincing.)

That means some of these statements are real — the person is explaining why they belong to their actual political party. Some of these statements are fake — the person is pretending to belong to the opposite political party.

real statements: Democrats claiming to be Democrats, or Republicans claiming to be Republicans.

fake statements: Democrats claiming to be Republicans, or Republicans claiming to be Democrats.

Your job is to judge whether each statement is real or fake.