American Civics Quiz

[spudtater]

You answered 22 out of 33 correctly — 66.67%
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It won't surprise most readers too much to hear that the average American scored only 49%. What is completely shocking, however, is that the average US elected official scored only 44%, 5% less than the average man in the street.

As autopope puts it, that goes some way to explaining Sarah Palin.

Why do Americans enjoy electing people so much stupider than themselves?

Comments

[williamjm.livejournal.com]

I'm a bit surprised I managed to get 81% for that. It is a bit scary that I know 50% more about America than the average American when I've never been there.

Some of the questions did seem slightly odd, I'm not sure why Sputnik has to do with American civics.

[digitalraven]

30/33

Damn, but this test just looooves Freidman's free market economics. I had to remember a couple of refutations to get the right answers.

[figg.livejournal.com]

They like to elect people as smart as they are.

[scattergather.livejournal.com]

According to the article, the average self-identified elected official scored 44% (my italics). I don't think the figure is to be trusted, too much potential for bias.