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Poll: Americans Pretty Clueless About Politics, World
Poll: Americans pretty clueless about politics, world
By John Byrne | Raw Story
Only one in four Americans know how many votes a Senate filibuster requires. One in three know the name of the chairman of the Republican Party. One in two know the Democratic leader of the US Senate.
Health care? Fewer than one in three Americans even know that no Republicans voted for the Senate health care overhaul.
Americans' ignorance about politics isn't new, but the latest results from the Pew Poll suggest few are really paying attention.
Half of Americans don't even know that Stephen Colbert is a comedian. And among those surveyed, only one in three Democrats knew that Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) was the Democratic leader.
"About four-in-ten (39%) know that Nevada Democrat Harry Reid is the majority leader of the U.S. Senate," Pew reports. "About a third (32%) correctly pick Michael Steele as the chairman of the Republican National Committee. Interestingly, nearly half of Republicans (48%) are able to identify Reid as Senate majority leader compared with just a third (33%) of Democrats. More Republicans can identify Reid as majority leader than can identify Steel as chairman of the RNC (37%)." Read more.
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I firmly beleive the game of politics is exclusively reserved to Washington DC, and only the wealthy are premitted to engage in the political warfare on the people of America.
I polled just ten of my friends about "The Government"'s role in our everyday life. The results:
Do you know your elected federal officials? Yes 60%
Do you think these officials represent your
opinions? Yes 10%
Do you know who the House Speaker is? Yes 70%
Does Nancy Pelosi represent your views? Yes 00%
Do you know the Senate Majority Leader? Yes 80%
Does Harry Reid represent your views? Yes 00%
Over all, do you think you are being
represented fairly in Congress? Yes 00%
How confident are you in "The Government"
and the direction they're taking our country? 00%
The overall complaints were that what the people
wanted and needed was of "NO CONCERN" to "The Government".
Last question: would you vote to re-elect any of those
officials if the election were held today? NO 100%