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VulcanRider 11-23-2008 10:26 AM
Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
The Intercollegiate Studies Institute surveyed over 2500 people with a 33 question multiple-choice quiz about the federal gov't and American history. Although the average score was 49%, people who had been elected to some office only averaged 44%.

From the summary page. Spoiler warning -- some of the info on that page reveals test answers.
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All survey respondents were asked whether they have ever engaged in any of 13 different political and civic activities. These included, for example, registering to vote, signing a petition, contacting a public official, publishing a letter to the editor, and whether they have ever been elected to a government office.

Among the 2,508 respondents, 164 say they have been elected to a government office at least once. This sub-sample of officeholders yields a startling result: elected officials score lower than the general public. Those who have held elective office earn an average score of 44% on the civic literacy test, which is five percentage points lower than the average score of 49% for those who have never been elected. It would be most interesting to explore whether this statistically significant result is maintained across larger samples of elected officials.

The elected officeholders come from the ranks of Democrats (40%), Republicans (31%), Independents (21%), and those who say they belong to no party or indicate no affiliation (8%). None were asked to specify what office they held, so the proportion in which they held local, state, or federal positions is unknown.
Take the quiz -- I scored 100%, but there were a couple where I was guessing between 2 of the 5 choices.

machinehead 11-23-2008 11:30 AM
Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
I got 87.88%, 4 wrong out of 33.

Chewbacca 11-23-2008 12:54 PM
Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
You answered 28 out of 33 correctly — 84.85 %

Learn something new everyday.

Papa Schlumpf 11-23-2008 02:53 PM
Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
96,67%; only one I didn't get was the philosophy one, and I had a real 'Doh!' moment when I saw the correct answer. Some real stinkers among those, by the way. Had to take my time reading all of these very carefully before answering them. They made sense in the end, though.

Not American, by the way. Although I probably know more of US civics than of the one of my own country...

Bungleau 11-24-2008 12:10 AM
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84.85%, 28 of 33.

At least I'm smarter than a politician... ;)

Stratos 11-28-2008 10:58 AM
Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
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You answered 29 out of 33 correctly — 87.88 %
Better than the average American, politician or otherwise. :P

/ A foreigner.

Sever 11-29-2008 11:04 PM
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54%. I'll take that seat in congress now. :P

Felix The Assassin 11-30-2008 09:30 AM
Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
No! Reason being, regardless of a fictitious test which can be conducted online, have some even greater fictitious results posted, and without a validated source mind you, can claim anything it wants. Ah, the power of the internet. Furthermore, a politician has managed to outsmart all of us! We might have a good score, or even a fictitious score posted, but a politician is in office, and we are here on IW. ;)

Papa Schlumpf 11-30-2008 12:26 PM
Re: Are You Smarter Than a Politician?
 
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Originally Posted by Felix The Assassin (Post 1222996)
No! Reason being, regardless of a fictitious test which can be conducted online, have some even greater fictitious results posted, and without a validated source mind you, can claim anything it wants. Ah, the power of the internet. Furthermore, a politician has managed to outsmart all of us! We might have a good score, or even a fictitious score posted, but a politician is in office, and we are here on IW. ;)
So I take it you weren't smarter than a politician, then? ;)

VulcanRider 11-30-2008 06:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Felix The Assassin (Post 1222996)
No! Reason being, regardless of a fictitious test which can be conducted online, have some even greater fictitious results posted, and without a validated source mind you, can claim anything it wants. Ah, the power of the internet. Furthermore, a politician has managed to outsmart all of us! We might have a good score, or even a fictitious score posted, but a politician is in office, and we are here on IW. ;)
Aw, c'mon! Questionable tests from unverified sources are one of the cornerstones of the Internet. They don't rank as high as porn or urban legends, but it wouldn't be the same without them...


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