...plus a hint about why it matters. A new Gallup poll indicates that about 80 percent of Americans have some roughly correct idea of why July 4th is significant in American history. Scroll down to some of the demographics for a bit of a surprise regarding men, women, whites, and blacks.
Bonus: about as many Americans as Germans or British people know that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
Happy 4th, everybody! Now please don't burn the country down.
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
One other thing about what people know…
One of the things I didn't mention last time is that people tend to forget the issues and the politicians of yesterday, and that at least partially accounts for Americans' lack of political knowledge. Apropos, former Senator Rick Santorum, who lost his seat in a 17 point loss in 2006 — which, I should point out, is an unusual loss and an unusually huge landslide — is running for President.
Santorum used to be a Republican superstar. Today, according to Pew, fewer than half of Republican-leaning voters even know who he is.
You can read about Santorum's announcement here.
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Santorum used to be a Republican superstar. Today, according to Pew, fewer than half of Republican-leaning voters even know who he is.
You can read about Santorum's announcement here.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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