Take this quiz.............

[Teresa Heilevang]

See how well you do compared to the national averages.   Once you see the results, you will know why the country is in the pathetic shape we’re in.   Nobody really knows what’s going on!  I contend the really uninformed Americans haven’t even taken this test.

 
Test your knowledge with 12 questions, then be ready to shudder when you see how you or others did.

( I hate to admit it..but I sucked!  I only got 7 right.. I should have had 9 right but I over thought and talked myself out of 2 right answers..

http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php   

[Bidah]

Well I got 8 right, but I wish I knew which 8 they were.  I guess it is not bad since I don't watch TV or get a newspaper.

-Bidah

[JSC3ATLCSO]

10 of 12 right.  Bidah there is a question by question answer on the left to click on.  would have got the Dow question right but like M'ette I talked my self out of that.  I thought it was the Nasdaq that was 10000 oh well not bad for not really paying attention to the news myself

[JSC3ATLCSO]

Wow and I just clicked on the demographic breakdown.  For a "High School or less" 'er I did very well.  Pisses me off they are lumping it together High School or less rather than less than high school - high school / some college - college grad

Almost seems like a high school grad isn't worth anything to them

[MikeBjerum]

 

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[Paraguy]

Not to brag, but.......
Here's Your Score: You correctly answered 12 of the 12 possible questions along with approximately 2% of the public. You did better than 98% of the general public.

[Walkeraviator]

10/12... I got teh filibuster question wrong...thought it was 2/3 vote but apparently not.  And did not know Michael Steele was chairman of the RNC.

I think I did ok.

[metamurph]

11 right for me, better than 92% of the test takers. An equal percentage of test takers (6%) got 0 right..I would be interested a bit more in deeper analysis of this demographically but yeah in general it was pretty sad result set.

tom

[garand4life]

I got 11 out of 12. I forgot there is now another woman on the supreme court. So for being in the 18-29 range with some college education, I owned vs my peers. This tells me I'm way to old to be my age.

[fightingquaker13]

These things are useful as a reality check on ourselves. Are we paying enough attention be good citizens, or just voting based on emotions or ideology? I got all 12 right, but its what I do gor a living so it doesn't count. The fact is, I worked as a TA for a Prof that gave the US citizenship test to an intro to American government class at UT. Only about half the class passed, and most, barely. Sad.
FQ13