Old news, but still rather disconcerting...

[ramblin_rosie]

A 2008 Intercollegiate Studies Institute study found that elected officials generally score worse on a civic literacy exam than does the general public. (You can take the exam yourself here. I didn't think it was all that hard--got 32 of 33 right myself.)
Makes you wonder why we're voting for people who don't know how American government is supposed to work, doesn't it?

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[shirebound]

I'm glad to have gotten 29 right, since I've been out of school for over 35 years!

[ramblin_rosie]

Y'know, I was thinking something similar--it hasn't been that long for me, obviously, but it's still been twelve years or so since I last had a government/economics class. Funny what sticks with you!