Americans Know Even Less About Government Than You Could Possibly Imagine

In John Iadarola on YouTube by Hlarson2 Comments

 

American knowledge about government is reaching a sad level indeed. The Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania released a poll on Wednesday that shows 35 percent of those polled could not name one branch of the U.S. government. This amount is almost equivalent to the 36 percent of Americans who could successfully name the legislative, executive and judicial branches.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09…

And don’t forget guys, if you like this video please Like, Favorite, and Share it with your friends to show your support – It really helps us out! See you next time!

****************************************­­*************
SUBSCRIBE for more videos throughout the week! http://tinyurl.com/d5o5tg3
ON FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TYTUniversity
ON TWITTER: @jiadarola

Every week John Iadarola recaps some of the most interesting news stories covering politics, world events, entertainment, tech, and more!
http://youtube.com/user/johniadarola

Comments

  1. I guess you could count the fact they have been taught that Fred Flintstone was real and that humans were put on Earth by magic. That probably counts for some “education”,. .. No?

  2. It may be a generation gap since American children have not been taught anything worthwhile for over 30 years. But, before I could make a judgement I would need details on where and from whom the polling data was taken.

Leave a Comment