Posted on 09/20/2014 1:04:25 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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One in three Americans cant name a single branch of the U.S. government, according to a poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.
The survey, which was conducted from July 8 to 14, and published Sept. 17, found that only 36 percent of respondents could name all three branches of government, while an alarming 35 percent of survey respondents couldnt name a single branch.
The poll, which contains a margin of error of plus or minus 3.06 percent, surveyed 1,416 U.S. adults aged 18 and older.
The report also found that only 27 percent of respondents say they are aware Congress needs a two-thirds majority in order to override a presidential veto.
Lastly, 21 percent of survey respondents believe that a 5-4 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court is sent back to Congress for further discussion and reconsideration.
Although surveys reflect disapproval of the way Congress, the President and the Supreme Court are conducting their affairs, the Annenberg survey demonstrates that many know surprisingly little about these branches of government, Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the polling groups director, said in a statement. This survey offers dramatic evidence of the need for more and better civics education.
Two more findings from the survey:
Asked which party has the most members in the House of Representatives, 38 percent said they knew the Republicans are the majority, but 17 percent responded the Democrats and 44 percent reported that they did not know (up from 27 percent who said they did not know in 2011).
Asked which party controls the Senate, 38 percent correctly said the Democrats, 20 percent said the Republicans and 42 percent said they did not know (also up from 27 percent who said they did not know in 2011).
In short, the republic is doomed. Doomed.
It’s worse than that. The survey is not accurate, as it is out of date. The actual percentage who can answer correctly is actually much, much lower.
The correct response is the Legislative, the Judicial-legislative, and the Execu-legislative.
Anyone paying attention knows this (apparently a very small number of people, which is why it has become this way).
Right you are.
Even among those who can name the actual branches envisioned by the founders, very, very few know that the branches were not supposed to be equal. The legislative was to be preeminent, followed by the executive, with the judicial intended to be weakest.
According to the Democrats it is "Dictatorial, Obstructionist, and Gods In Black Dresses"
bump
Idiocracy
I watched that movie as part of a double feature, with Napoleon Dynamite.
Things didn’t feel right for awhile there that day.
Outstanding post. It’s going to take a lot more than fatalistic whining to get us out of this hole.
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