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Soleron on 14 January 2011

Those people self-identified as elected representatives? The survey operators didn't ask for proof?

If so, it's invalid.



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MARCUSDJACKSON on 14 January 2011

yea but they lie better so the general public is still stupider.

they aren't stupid enough to fall for the crap the say but the general public is!(i don't listen to politics i just vote for who i beleive the most qualified person is/ so im not stupid just less informed about there lies)



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Joelcool7 on 16 January 2011
Soleron said:

Those people self-identified as elected representatives? The survey operators didn't ask for proof?

If so, it's invalid.


Also getting elected and holding a Government position doesn't mean they know or need to know anything about the constitution. For example a School board member, is elected to help run the school board why would they need to know anything about how the US Government operates. Their are plenty of elected jobs in small towns and cities which require very little knowledge about how the countries Government runs.



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Kasz216 on 16 January 2011
Soleron said:

Those people self-identified as elected representatives? The survey operators didn't ask for proof?

If so, it's invalid.

Er... no it's not.

Studies pretty much never ask for proof... anywhere.  Becuase it's VERY unlikely someone is going to falsey self identify themselves.



Kasz216 on 16 January 2011
badgenome said:

I'm no statistician, so I'm not exactly sure how significant 165 out of 30,000 really is. But the questions they included are pretty basic stuff, and it is interesting that being elected to public office actually seems to drag down a respondent's score.


165 out of 30,000 really isn't an issue.  Afterall they're really two seperate groups.  Weather it's 165 out of 30,000 or out of 400 it makes no difference.


The real issue is if the 165 people are representative of all former politicians.

Honestly, even if it isn't representive of all polticians and leans towards city polticians it's kinda shocking that even city level employees would be less knowledagble about the constituion since one would think smarter and more politically motivated people would run for elections... so much so to where they are to the opposite.



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AdventWolf on 16 January 2011

This can't be real... I knew every question easily except for the Thomas Jefferson one was fuzzy. That's insane.



Squilliam on 16 January 2011
RolStoppable said:

I got three out of those ten questions right or rather three out of the eight that weren't answered in the article itself already. So if I understood the basic message correctly, then I have good chances to become an American politician.

Only if you're Austrian.



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Squilliam on 16 January 2011
RolStoppable said:
Squilliam said:
RolStoppable said:

I got three out of those ten questions right or rather three out of the eight that weren't answered in the article itself already. So if I understood the basic message correctly, then I have good chances to become an American politician.

Only if you're Austrian.

That would be funny.

Can you imagine an Austrian ruling an entire American state? Just the thought of it is downright insane.

If it happened I would freak out worse than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YersIyzsOpc

 

 

 



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