Ignorant Electorate

Seems there has been a lot in the news lately about how ill informed the American electorate was in the last election. 60% of Obama supporters cannot name one of his policies. Another poll was done by John Zogby illustrating how little his own supporters knew about him. The point in this poll was not to say that Obama supporters were stupid but to show how the media played such a significant role in determining public knowledge of issues. Example, Most thought that Sarah Palin wanted to ban books from the library or that she said she could see Russia from her front yard. People are force fed from the MSM but accept it as gospel.
One of my used to be favorite writers, Kathleen Parker, went over to the Dark Side prior to the election. She led a wave of anti-Palin writings against the governor of Alaska that would put a five yer old child to shame. Anyway, Ms. Parker wrote a piece on the ignorant electorate in America. It isn't a Republican, Democrat, Liberterian or Communist thing. It's an article on what the American people don't know about basic civics. This is no surprise to me. fWhen I was teaching high school, on the first day of class, I would give my junior history students a fifty question survey on what they should know. A typical question would be: What is the significance of July 4, 1776 or name the Vice-President of the United States. You get the picture.
A score of 50% would usually be grounds for throwing a party with lemonade, ice cream and cake.
Well, Mrs. Parker, in her column, told us that there is published a basic civics test for voters. It's a 33 question test. There were 2500 quiz-takers, including college students, elected officials, college professors and people selected at random. Nearly 1,800 flunked the test. Elected officials scored slightly less than the general public with an average score of 44% compared to 49%. Only 0.8% scored an A. If you would like to take the quiz you may go to http://www.aceofspadeshq.com/ then scroll down almost to the bottom of the page. It'll be a posting at 5:22pm. I think you might be able to retrieve it at http://www.nationalreviewonline.com/, too. I took the test. If you want to know how I did you'll have to ask. Furthermore, number one son scored 100% . He was given his mom's genes.