PEW Research Finds Democrats Least Informed- 70% Don't Know Who Controls Congress or Chief Justice (lawyers, independence)

[brentwoodgirl]

Pew Research did a voter knowledge study that was published last month. The findings showed that Democrats knew less about our government than Republicans or Independents. Republicans did the best, with the most right answers on all but 2 of the questions.

[Zimbochick]

What Voters Know about Campaign 2012 | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

Nice distortion. 771 registered voters were polled, and 7.8 vs. 6.9 questions correct. Fail.

[stillkit]

More than half of Americans don't know the number of Senators;

About 1 out of 3 don't know the number of branches of the Federal Government;

1 out of 6 believe that the Constitution establishes America as a Christian nation;

20% believe that only lawyers can understand the Constitution;

Almost one-quarter cannot name a single right guaranteed to us by the First Amendment;

84% believe that the U.S. Constitution is the document that states that "all men are created equal", thus confusing it with the Declaration of Independence

Only 6% can name all four rights guaranteed by the First Amendment. (24% cannot name even one. 27% can only name one. 43% can name two or three.)

62% cannot name all three branches of the Federal government. (One-third cannot name even one. 14% can only name one. 15% can name two.)

35% believe that the Constitution mandates English as the official language.

Only 7% can correctly identify the Constitutional Convention as the authors.

4 in 5 do not know how many amendments there are to the Constitution.

1 in 5 do not know that the President is Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.

32% believe that John Hancock had a hand in drafting the Constitution.

Highlights of Survey - National Constitution Center


I doubt those are all Democrats, don't you? Especially those 1 in 6 who believe the Constitution establishes America as a Christian nation.

[SourD]

They know less about pretty much anything. There have been countless times where they argue about what their own party has said because they didn't know it was said. They often don't even know what bills their party has put out either. They ONLY know what they have been told to know.

[InformedConsent]

Independent voters are more informed than Democrats, too.

[Frugality]

You and the pollsters are incorrect, corporations controls congress and supreme court