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November 24, 2007

How Smart are Americans?

Filed under: Culture, Elections, You Can't Live Without This Stuff — admin @ 11:52 pm

An article in the NY Post got me to thinking about some other poll results my brother was talking to me about a while back. Unfortunately any conclusions I made from this story from the Post and what my brother was telling me was that there are a bunch of dumb and gullible Americans.

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Are Americans smart?

This chart from the Post speaks volumes. Many of us are retarded. But there’s more bad news. Here’s some more bad news about the American populace from Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Mass Media and Society.

  • 29% think that the constitution guarantees them a job.
  • 42% think that the constitution guarantees them health care.
  • 75% thinks it guarantees them a high school education.
  • 45% think “from each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs”, a communist tenet, comes from the US Constitution.
  • More know the Nike slogan “Just do it” then know where “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” is set forth.
  • More know about Bill Gates being the founder of Microsoft then know that Alexander Hamilton is one of the Founding Fathers.
  • Less then half can name their representative to congress.
  • In 1998, 56% couldn’t name a single democrat candidate for president for 2000 and 63% recognized the name “Bush” but couldn’t tell you which one was running.
  • In 2000, 66% knew that Regis hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
  • In 2000, 6% knew that Dennis Hastert was the Speaker of the House. [not a typo]
  • “A 2000 study by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni found that 81 percent of seniors at the nation’s 55 top colleges scored a D or F on high school-level history exams.”

    • I have to add that there was a real interesting tidbit from the Post story. Whereas 37% believed in UFOs only 36% believed in ET. I guess this means that Americans believe there’s a better chance that there is intelligent spacecraft out there then intelligent space men.

    And these people vote. These statistics, and there’s a bunch more, make me sick to my stomach. I think the only way I’ll ever feel good about an election again is if it is for the next American Idol. BigT

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    1 Comment »

    1. Unfortunately, ignorance pervades America. I see it everyday in my real life. I read it everyday when I glance at some of the more “popular” blog posts. Its not that people are all that stupid, its just that they don’t use the brains they were born with.

      FWIW, I believe that the government does know about UFOs and I believe that there is a degree of truth to the oil price question…but what the heck, I don’t know nothin’.

      Comment by Stormwarning — November 25, 2007 @ 10:52 am

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