fronkis

We Elect, Apparently, Idiots

jeffmiller:

Some unsurprising news:

US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday

Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).

I got:

You answered 27 out of 33 correctly — 81.82 %

Glad I did well seeing how I work in government.

The quiz is here.