Oh, I'd fully expect most people not to be able to explain the details but you'd think most would know it was involved with the environment, especially since an early question gave the same four answers re: public option, which really should have helped a little to boost performance, I would have thought. Considering that the peak of the curve was just a hair higher than flat random answers should have given, it's a bit disappointing, and I'd say anyone who didn't get half or more should probably make a point of not voting - but everyone did much better on the science quiz from same, so that cheered me a bit.
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Test Your Political IQ.....
11/12/2009 12:49:31 AM
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Me Too!
11/12/2009 12:58:33 AM
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Pretty amazing that only 2% of respondents got all 12 questions right.....
11/12/2009 01:09:09 AM
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Because we're politically obsessive?
11/12/2009 03:58:28 AM
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Only 24% of people understand what cap and trade is.
11/12/2009 04:09:36 AM
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Which is fairly disturbing
11/12/2009 04:21:52 AM
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12/12. Of course, I'd probably do worse if it weren't current events. *NM*
11/12/2009 02:35:30 AM
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There's also a science one, on the same site
11/12/2009 04:13:05 AM
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only missed the one about mars
11/12/2009 04:27:22 AM
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12. I think the selection bias would be stronger on this one. Also, they're much easier questions.
*NM*
11/12/2009 08:07:50 AM
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I don't agree, actually.
11/12/2009 10:34:36 AM
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It was a lot easier due to not having more than one america specific question. *NM*
11/12/2009 11:23:41 AM
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12 for 12 again! Me smart! Are there any others we can take?
*NM*
12/12/2009 05:07:56 AM
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11. Didn't know DOW, surprise, surprise. *NM*
11/12/2009 05:02:49 AM
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Me too. Either. Whatever. Capitalist scum can keep their meaningless statistics *NM*
11/12/2009 04:52:44 PM
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Like it or not, that number is all too meaningful for every American. And non-Americans, too. *NM*
11/12/2009 05:01:57 PM
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actually, that number is pretty damn meaningless for the average american
11/12/2009 05:24:07 PM
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You're dead wrong. That number influences all sorts of things that affect people, whether...
11/12/2009 05:32:01 PM
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Influential, yes. Readily known and called to mind, not so much.
11/12/2009 06:33:19 PM
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I think it's a good example of how demographics can have an unexpected bias
11/12/2009 07:28:07 PM
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Eh? No mention of newspapers? Am I alone in getting most of my news by reading an actual...
11/12/2009 08:06:26 PM
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9. I haven't been paying attention to recent events. Two of them were statistics, unsurprisingly. *NM*
11/12/2009 08:06:15 AM
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11 - hesitated on the Afghanistan question and then picked the wrong one.
11/12/2009 10:37:21 AM
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6, and above average. Not bad for an Aussie with no interest in American politics.
11/12/2009 10:41:57 AM
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12/12. It's scary that 98% of people can't get it right.
11/12/2009 01:53:19 PM
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Perhaps...
11/12/2009 04:35:01 PM
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5% of the replies here. I doubt 5% of the replies at that site are from non-Americans.
11/12/2009 05:21:44 PM
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11/12 - I didn't give the official, read bullshit, number for unemployment. *NM*
11/12/2009 04:57:44 PM
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12 of 12, but besides the geography question, people should know those answers through osmosis.
11/12/2009 05:45:43 PM
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12/12 , im not surprised that alot of us got them all right, we are a pretty political group *NM*
13/12/2009 02:29:14 AM
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