CNN study finds Democrat-leaning kids 5 times more likely to say they wouldn’t visit pro-Trump family's house

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Over 40 hours of interviews with 10-year-olds in multiple states concluded that children who support former President Trump are more willing to visit the houses of families with opposing views than their Democratic-leaning counterparts.

"Researchers found that Democrat-supporting kids drove polarization in a new study" CNN reported on Thursday, suggesting that while Democratic-leaning children are more willing to discriminate against Trump supporters, kids in red states are more likely to repeat "misinformation."

The findings were gleaned from more than 40 hours of interviews commissioned by CNN’s "Anderson Cooper 360," interviewing 80 elementary schoolers in Arizona, New Jersey, and Texas. The interviews, done with parents’ or guardians’ approval, were conducted in both the spring, before President Biden relinquished the nomination, and fall, long after Vice President Kamala Harris took the baton.

In both seasons, Arizona State University associate professor, child development expert and media psychologist Asheley Landrum, spoke with the children and noticed some key differences between respondents.

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"Democrat-leaning kids were approximately 9 times more likely (or 800% more likely) to express negative emotions (nervous/worried or angry/frustrated) about Donald Trump than Republican-leaning kids