The Right-Wing is Not Smart

[Doug]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.

The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday.

Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group wanted to find out how much civic knowledge Oklahoma high school students know.

The Oklahoma City-based think tank enlisted national research firm, Strategic Vision, to access students' basic civic knowledge.

"They're questions taken from the actual exam that you have to take to become a U.S. citizen," Dutcher said.

...About 92 percent of the people who take the citizenship test pass on their first try, according to immigration service data. However, Oklahoma students did not fare as well. Only about 3 percent of the students surveyed would have passed the citizenship test.

Dutcher said this is not just a problem in Oklahoma. He said Arizona had similar results, which left him concerned for the entire country.

Question, followed by % of Students Who Answered Correctly
What is the supreme law of the land? 28%
What do we call the first ten amendments to the Constitution? 26%
What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress? 27%
How many justices are there on the Supreme Court? 10%
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 14%
What ocean is on the east coast of the United States? 61%
What are the two major political parities in the United States? 43%
We elect a U.S. senator for how many years? 11%
Who was the first President of the United States? 23%
Who is in charge of the executive branch? 29%

See here.

[Betsy]

Very interesting. Such easy questions! I wonder if Arkansas would do any better. Sadly, probably not. And people got irate when Bill Maher called this a stupid country.

[L.Wood]

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[Dardedar]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today.

DAR
Turns out, this polling organization, is pretty much a fraud, as Nate at 538 has been exposing:

Are Oklahoma Students Really This Dumb? Or Is Strategic Vision Really This Stupid?

He has several recent blurbs roasting these clowns.

[Dardedar]

More roast of this bogus polling group:

Real Oklahoma Students Ace Citizenship Exam; Strategic Vision Survey Was Likely Fabricated