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?

Comments

[immortal-jedi.livejournal.com]

Missed 4- the ancient greek philosophers one, the "Which policy is more often used in recessions" and two history ones. OTOH, it was a pretty easy test, and I'm 11 years out from High School government class.

Scary that people know so little about our government.

[ramblin_rosie]

That's about how far out I am from my undergrad Constitutional Government class, so I hear you. And I got the philosophy one mainly because I've studied Aquinas more than the others. But yeah, it really is scary.