"We the people"

There is an interesting article from Newsmax.com in regards to civic literacy knowledge in our country. The article states that 20 percent of the elected officials who took the 33-question test believe the electoral college "was established to supervise the first presidential debates." If that is not sad enough the elected officials scored lower than their constituents, who also performed miserably in the institute’s third civic literacy study, part of an overall report titled “Our Fading Heritage: Americans Fail a Basic Test on Their History and Institutions,” according to Newsmax.com.

Also according to the story, more than twice as many people knew Paula Abdul is a judge on “American Idol” than knew that the phrase, "government of the people, by the people, for the people," is from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. In my post "How Obama got elected" I showed a video that illustrated how ill informed voters can dictate an election. I think I have to agree with syndicated talk show host Neal Boortz, when he states that their should be some sort of civics test for voters to pass before they can cast their ballots. I am sure I will be called a racist for that idea, so be it.

Now that you have the answers to two of the questions, take the test and see where you stand.
Participants who ended their formal education with a bachelor's degree scored F’s at an average of 57 percent, which the institute noted is only 13 percentage points higher than the 44 percent average of those with high school diplomas. I scored an 81.82% but I feel that I should have done better, but it has been twenty plus years since college. Good luck!
Take the test at this link:
American Civic Literacy Program Web site

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