Civics Test - How Will You Do?
See this survey and simple test that the Intercollegic Studies Institute gave to 2500 people. Many of those who self-identify as elected officials didn’t do well. And the results in general might explain how the country got into our current political and economic mess.
The report says, “Seventy-one percent of Americans fail the test, with an overall average score of 49%.” and “Officeholders typically have less civic knowledge than the general public. On average, they score 44%, five percentage points lower than non-officeholders.” Conservatives and republicans did better than liberals and democrats. In short, a lot of us need to stop watching TV news (another finding) do some self-educating!
I got the two questions 10 and 33 wrong out of the 33 questions. Can you best me? I double-dog dare you! Take the test and post your results in the comments!