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Only 33% of Americans Can Find Scotland On a Map?
Rasmussen Reports ^ | September 18, 2014

Posted on 09/18/2014 4:22:31 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued

While Great Britain is holding its breath today to see if the Scots vote for independence, most Americans (51%) have no opinion about the referendum and only 33% think most of their fellow countrymen can even locate Scotland on a map.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 30% of American Adults favor Scotland becoming an independent nation rather than remaining part of Great Britain. Nineteen percent (19%) oppose them gaining independence, but half of Americans (51%) are undecided.

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To: Clintonfatigued

The 66% of the population that can’t can surely find their local welfare office on the map.


61 posted on 09/18/2014 5:11:50 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Sherman Logan

Sorry, Brooklyn is the largest city in the largest county in the largest state east of the Mississippi, all by population.


62 posted on 09/18/2014 5:12:12 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins most of the battles. Reality wins ALL the wars.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Out of work auto worker, head down, hands in pockets.


63 posted on 09/18/2014 5:12:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: chicagolady

How many Scottish could find Wyoming on a map? It’s roughly comparable in the greater scheme of things.


64 posted on 09/18/2014 5:13:41 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Clintonfatigued

Break out the kilts!


65 posted on 09/18/2014 5:15:08 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (I'm with Steve McQueen: I live my life for myself and answer to nobody.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Asking a Scot to find Wyoming would be similar to asking an American to find the County of Argyle in Scotland.


66 posted on 09/18/2014 5:17:16 PM PDT by yarddog (G)
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To: cripplecreek

Michigan looks like a really bummed out Minecraft character. Who knew, lol?


67 posted on 09/18/2014 5:17:23 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: dainbramaged

It’s next to Wallace-ville on my map...


68 posted on 09/18/2014 5:17:45 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: Ray76

Who reads anymore? Certainly not the person who wrote that stupid headline nor the people responding to this thread down to your post.


69 posted on 09/18/2014 5:17:54 PM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: yarddog

If Scotland were a US state it would be a pretty small one, with a population slightly over 5 million. So, no, Wyoming relative to Scotland is about right in comparison to Scotland relative to the US.


70 posted on 09/18/2014 5:19:39 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Depends on how you look at it.

The U.S. has 57 states to sift through while Scotland only has a handful of counties.


71 posted on 09/18/2014 5:22:05 PM PDT by yarddog (G)
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To: Clintonfatigued

The more important question is:
How many Americans can find the Scotch?

Too many, I fear.


72 posted on 09/18/2014 5:23:44 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: yarddog
Jacksonville, FL since around the late ‘60s has been the largest city in the US. Several areas in Alaska have taken that mantle away from Jacksonville since then, but east of Miss. I say J-ville.
73 posted on 09/18/2014 5:24:19 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: yarddog

Snicker! :-)


74 posted on 09/18/2014 5:26:23 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: rollo tomasi

You could be right as far as area. When I was a kid Jacksonville was the largest city in the state population wise. Now I suspect it is Miami but I haven’t checked in some time.

When Jacksonville took over all of Duval County, it probably became the largest in area but Georgia is the largest state in area.


75 posted on 09/18/2014 5:27:31 PM PDT by yarddog (G)
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To: yarddog

Guess I got that wrong, lol


76 posted on 09/18/2014 5:27:39 PM PDT by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: Gen.Blather

Wouldn’t you just love having Mark Twain at a dinner party? He and Winston Churchill....sigh.


77 posted on 09/18/2014 5:30:11 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Since the brilliant Obama thinks they speak Austrian in Austria, my guess he too has no clue the Highlands are.


78 posted on 09/18/2014 5:31:47 PM PDT by Chgogal (Obama "hung the SEALs out to dry, basically exposed them like a set of dog balls..." CMH)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I would bet a lot of money that a very high pct. of adult Americans could not find the U.S.A. on a map of the world.


79 posted on 09/18/2014 5:33:41 PM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: cripplecreek

The hard ones for me are all those square-ish western states, that were carved out of one territory. Or maybe all those little NE ones clustered together.

Lousy-ana, FL, and TX are three of the easiest (of the continental states, of course. HI and AK are a cinch).


80 posted on 09/18/2014 5:35:16 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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