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What do you think the other side thinks? Guest Dan Vallone is the Director of More in Common U.S.A., an organization that\u2019s been asking Democrats and Republicans that critical question. Their work has uncovered countless \u201cperception gaps\u201d in our understanding of each other. For example, Democrats think that about 30 percent of Republicans support "reasonable gun control," but in reality, it\u2019s about 70 percent. Both Republicans and Democrats think that about 50 percent of the other side would feel that physical violence is justified in some situations, but the actual number for each is only about five percent. \u201cBoth sides are convinced that the majority of their political opponents are extremists,\u201d says Dan. \u201cAnd yet, that's just not true.\u201d Social media encourages the most extreme views to speak the loudest and rise to the top\u2014and it\u2019s hard to start a conversation and work together when we\u2019re all arguing with mirages. But Dan\u2019s insights and the work of More in Common provide a hopeful guide to unraveling the distortions we\u2019ve come to accept and correcting our foggy vision.