God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/?src=pp-report
And post your results:
I'm frankly stunned if anyone scores under 10-11. How only 8% got 13/13 is ridiculous.
[Edited on April 20, 2012 at 6:05 PM. Reason : ] 4/20/2012 6:05:23 PM |
Meg All American 6759 Posts user info edit post |
knowing the answers to those questions would requiring listening to the news and/or reading a news article, rather than listening to your pastor or rush limbaugh.
i got the same score, btw 13/13
[Edited on April 20, 2012 at 6:09 PM. Reason : ] 4/20/2012 6:08:39 PM |
LunaK LOSER :( 23634 Posts user info edit post |
4/20/2012 6:08:58 PM |
ActionPants All American 9877 Posts user info edit post |
How did 4% get 0 right? 4/20/2012 6:10:11 PM |
DoeoJ has 7062 Posts user info edit post |
13/13
[Edited on April 20, 2012 at 6:11 PM. Reason : ^ they got the names confused? haha] 4/20/2012 6:10:29 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
I can't understand how people can get any of these wrong 4/20/2012 6:12:14 PM |
Meg All American 6759 Posts user info edit post |
also
4/20/2012 6:12:20 PM |
Eaton Bush All American 2342 Posts user info edit post |
13/13 Any idiot could score at least 10. 4/20/2012 6:12:24 PM |
Klatypus All American 6786 Posts user info edit post |
so, what we are saying is the top 8% of the country is here on tww.... hmm 4/20/2012 6:13:11 PM |
Meg All American 6759 Posts user info edit post |
WE ARE THE 8% 4/20/2012 6:14:06 PM |
wawebste All American 19599 Posts user info edit post |
13/13, way too easy 4/20/2012 6:16:00 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103353 Posts user info edit post |
13/13 4/20/2012 6:23:53 PM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
12/13
fucked up on lincoln 4/20/2012 6:25:26 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
geniusboy will cheat on this and then brag about getting it all right 4/20/2012 6:26:47 PM |
Samwise16 All American 12710 Posts user info edit post |
12/13 but only because I forgot Abe Lincoln was a Republican FUUUUUU
[Edited on April 20, 2012 at 6:41 PM. Reason : ^2 at least I do not stand alone] 4/20/2012 6:41:03 PM |
willembahh All American 2378 Posts user info edit post |
13/13
easy shit 4/20/2012 6:43:42 PM |
Roflpack All American 1966 Posts user info edit post |
1/13 I kept looking for the Ron Paul option but couldn't find it so I just guessed. 4/20/2012 6:49:48 PM |
mrfrog ☯ 15145 Posts user info edit post |
13/13
i was surprised, i thought i'd have something like FDR's party wrong. it was only my best guess that he was a Dem but i thought it likely that wasn't the case. 4/20/2012 7:10:09 PM |
dmspack oh we back 25424 Posts user info edit post |
Yep 13/13 too...the only one I could see most somewhat intelligent people missing is the Lincoln question. The rest are fairly obvious. 4/20/2012 7:17:12 PM |
CharlesHF All American 5543 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The quiz was made up of 13 questions excerpted from the larger Knowledge Survey. Your responses do not affect the survey results." |
4/20/2012 7:21:53 PM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
13/13...lol FDR was like the father of modern progressivism.
I thought the reducing defense budget was a trick question that I would get wrong. 4/20/2012 7:25:20 PM |
budlight2256 ยบ_0 598 Posts user info edit post |
13/13 boom 4/20/2012 7:30:14 PM |
Hawthorne Veteran 319 Posts user info edit post |
I was half-expecting the quiz to be a trick and at the end tell me how the man is tricking me into believing media lies. 4/20/2012 7:31:13 PM |
LivinProof78 All American 49373 Posts user info edit post |
I don't read/listen to the news....but I listen to my pastor and occasionally rush limbaugh...
I got 13/13 4/20/2012 7:31:22 PM |
paerabol All American 17118 Posts user info edit post |
with stats like that it would seem they should only allow college graduates to vote
assuming they're land-owners over 30, of course 4/20/2012 8:02:15 PM |
The E Man Suspended 15268 Posts user info edit post |
the scary part is that you had to have internet access to take this quiz so the dumbest are not even included. 4/20/2012 8:05:40 PM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
They were probably using the data they collected in the phone survey as the graphical representation. Old people are completely misinformed about politics, I bet that's where a lot of it came from. Pretty sad because that's also the demographic most likely to vote.
13/13 4/20/2012 11:27:33 PM |
mnfares All American 1838 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The News IQ Quiz" |
where is the news?
13/134/20/2012 11:32:09 PM |
face All American 8503 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "the scary part is that you had to have internet access to take this quiz" |
You don't have to have the internet to participate in a phone survey. This was a scientific study.4/20/2012 11:41:10 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52766 Posts user info edit post |
13/13, obviously
Honestly, anyone who misses a question on that test shouldn't be voting. The fact that only 8% of the country has any clue at all is why I don't usually vote...the politicians are catering to the 92% who are totally incapable of making good voting decisions. 4/20/2012 11:55:04 PM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
I was thinking the other day what would happen if people participated in a mass voter boycott. If a candidate wins with like 10% of the actual vote, they would have no public mandate to do anything and perhaps we could finally see some things change for the better. 4/21/2012 12:00:27 AM |
Marlo Veteran 275 Posts user info edit post |
I got most of them wrong. I kept looking for the Democrat party, and it was never an option. 4/21/2012 2:13:49 PM |
F1V3LSU All American 1530 Posts user info edit post |
Idk who John Boner is
4/21/2012 2:38:09 PM |
DjGohan All American 2585 Posts user info edit post |
13/13 4/21/2012 2:41:54 PM |
GeniuSxBoY Suspended 16786 Posts user info edit post |
I got 13/13 correct.
Thank god they didn't ask about senators and congressmen that don't make the news though.
Popquiz:
Without googling: which one is a 2008 elected Senator?
a) William Binney b) John Hudson c) Raffi Torres d) Jeff Sessions 4/21/2012 2:59:07 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
sessions has been in congress for a while
so i'm guessing him 4/21/2012 3:02:06 PM |
bottombaby IRL 21952 Posts user info edit post |
i missed one. damned Nancy P. 4/21/2012 3:08:50 PM |
SchndlrsFist All American 5528 Posts user info edit post |
13/13
Obvious answers are obvious. Oh and shocking result that college educated people have more knowledge of politics than HS grads. Ground breaking stuff. 4/21/2012 3:24:45 PM |
MisterGreen All American 4328 Posts user info edit post |
i got them all right, but the questions about past presidents' polical views aren't necessarily the easiest questions in the world. 4/21/2012 4:51:05 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
4/21/2012 4:55:25 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148243 Posts user info edit post |
12/13, missed the John Boehner question because the House of Reps is weak 4/21/2012 4:56:58 PM |
tchenku midshipman 18577 Posts user info edit post |
missed party affiliations: Pelosi, Roosevelt, Boehner
10/13 4/21/2012 5:00:11 PM |
dinoantncsu Collector of Gnomes 422 Posts user info edit post |
I got 12/13, I thought the democrats wanted reduce the size and scope of the federal government, but apparently its the republicans, not sure when this occurred in history.
[Edited on April 21, 2012 at 5:19 PM. Reason : wrong question] 4/21/2012 5:14:36 PM |
Beethoven All American 4080 Posts user info edit post |
^That's not right. The answer for that one was the dems, you must have missed a different one. 4/21/2012 5:15:33 PM |
Meg All American 6759 Posts user info edit post |
wat 4/21/2012 5:28:44 PM |
God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
pretty sure the answer is d) jeff sessions 4/21/2012 5:29:24 PM |
LivinProof78 All American 49373 Posts user info edit post |
when, since the civil war, have democrats ever wanted to reduce the size of the federal government?
pretty sure fdr made the federal government gigantic under his virtually endless reign 4/21/2012 5:33:29 PM |
jaZon All American 27048 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " I thought the democrats wanted reduce the size and scope of the federal government, but apparently its the republicans, not sure when this occurred in history." |
Are you fucking serious4/21/2012 5:34:37 PM |
roguewarrior All American 10887 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "12/13, missed the John Boehner question" |
Guess I shouldn't be voting.4/21/2012 5:44:48 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " I thought the democrats wanted reduce the size and scope of the federal government, but apparently its the republicans, not sure when this occurred in history." |
Quote : | "^That's not right. The answer for that one was the dems, you must have missed a different one." |
Are you fucking serious4/21/2012 5:48:51 PM |