Republicans and Democrats actually do agree on facts, according to a survey commissioned by tech billionaire Steve Ballmer

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Tech billionaire Steve Ballmer thinks it's high time that the US works together to solve our issues.

The former Microsoft CEO, and current LA Clippers owner, is single-handedly trying to get the nation back to a common sense discussion on government-based on facts.

He shelled $10 million of his own money to build a website called USAFacts, which takes the government's own data on everything from crime to taxes and makes it available, and digestible, to ordinary citizens.

But, as Americans know these days, there seems to be a war on facts, where things that are probably untrue are presented to people as if they were facts.

So, Ballmer and his USAFacts team commissioned an online poll, conducted by Harris Insight and Analytics, to survey thousands of Americans from all states, rural and urban, and ask them their thoughts about facts. Over 2,500 Americans participated in the poll, evenly split between Democrats, Republicans, independents, and across age groups.

Steve Ballmer The shocking news: there is nearly uniform consensus across every affiliation and demographic on the nature of government facts. People get their facts from similar places, agree on the sources to question, and desire to learn more facts about the same issues.

When Ballmer saw the results, he was "heartened," he tells Business Insider.

"In the daily rancorous world of politics, you would think, some days, that people can’t agree on anything. But people in various ages and political situations all seem to be interested in understanding the facts. And all have some view that if you can get informed, you can get closer together."

The poll uncovered a number of surprising tidbits that show just how closely aligned Americans really are when it comes to facts about government.