Gardening Grandma
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 6, 2012 9:29:28 GMT -5
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Post by grumpyhermit on Sept 6, 2012 9:33:08 GMT -5
Yes.
And those questions were so frighteningly easy it is sad that only 13% get them all right.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2012 9:33:11 GMT -5
I got 9 right. I knew the answer they wanted me to give for the other 2 that I got wrong, but I didn't think that was the right answer.
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Post by Waffle on Sept 6, 2012 9:33:16 GMT -5
Yes, I'm in the top 13%.
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 6, 2012 9:33:58 GMT -5
I got them all right. I wonder what that says about me.
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Post by Waffle on Sept 6, 2012 9:34:41 GMT -5
Yes. And those questions were so frighteningly easy it is sad that only 13% get them all right. Yes - I kept waiting for the questions to get harder. But, I know a lot of people really don't pay attention to news/politics and are incredibly uninformed.
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Post by chiver78 on Sept 6, 2012 9:40:03 GMT -5
I'm in the 13% of people who got one question wrong. I had the right answer and changed it at the last second.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 6, 2012 9:40:30 GMT -5
I was surprised that they were so easy too..... Good grief!
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Post by Sam_2.0 on Sept 6, 2012 9:42:06 GMT -5
Darn it , 10/11. I would agree though that it was frighteningly easy!
Did anyone look at the demographics at the bottom?
Men got 7.3 correct on average, while women got 5.9.
HS or less got 5, while college grads got 8.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 6, 2012 9:43:36 GMT -5
The only one I wasn't sure of was Romney's position on same sex marriage. He's said nothing about is (so far as I know), but his church's position is clear.
The report at the bottom analyzing the results is pretty interesting.
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 6, 2012 9:44:17 GMT -5
I had to think twice about who was Chief Justice. All those old white guys look the same.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2012 9:46:32 GMT -5
I got them right. I'm a little concerned.. but if so many of us got them right? Maybe their poll sample was skewed? Or we are?
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Post by Labcat on Sept 6, 2012 9:46:42 GMT -5
I'm also in the 13% of those with one wrong (I couldn't remember if the republican majority was in both or just the House). I think I skewed my age group though (18-29)...maybe I should have answered as 30 (birthday is next month)
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 6, 2012 9:47:57 GMT -5
It is us. No matter what we think of each other's opinions, we do not have an average group here. I believe that overall we are more educated and more informed than the general population.
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Post by chiver78 on Sept 6, 2012 9:49:03 GMT -5
I had to think twice about who was Chief Justice. All those old white guys look the same. that's the one I got wrong. somehow I forgot that Rehnquist died. oped, I'd venture that we are not the average sample of quiz-takers.
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Post by grumpyhermit on Sept 6, 2012 9:49:15 GMT -5
I would tend to think our sampling here is not a good cross section, so we are likely skewed.
And Romney has flipped on so many issues it is hard to keep track - though I do think he was explicit in his RNC speech about "traditional marriage" and I think he tried to repeal same gender marriage in MA.
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Post by Taxman10 on Sept 6, 2012 9:49:44 GMT -5
I had to think twice about who was Chief Justice. All those old white guys look the same. Old?? he's not much older than you, is he??
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Post by Labcat on Sept 6, 2012 9:50:14 GMT -5
The only one I wasn't sure of was Romney's position on same sex marriage. He's said nothing about is (so far as I know), but his church's position is clear. The report at the bottom analyzing the results is pretty interesting. There's a video on Youtube going around that clearly shows he's against gay marriage. It didn't make him look to good since he (apparently clueless to who he was talking to) told a gay Vietnam veteran that he was against recognizing gay marriage or giving benefits to a same sex spouse.
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Post by Formerly SK on Sept 6, 2012 9:52:01 GMT -5
I missed two...stupid speed clicking!
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Post by thyme4change on Sept 6, 2012 9:52:51 GMT -5
He was 30 before I could drive a car - so, I consider that a sizeable age difference. But, thanks for calling me old this morning. I needed that.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2012 9:53:44 GMT -5
My 13 year old got 8....
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2012 9:54:48 GMT -5
I still say that at least one of the answers that they give is incorrect.
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Post by mmhmm on Sept 6, 2012 9:56:14 GMT -5
I didn't miss any, either; however, I wouldn't expect most folks on this message board to miss any of those.
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Post by Taxman10 on Sept 6, 2012 9:57:53 GMT -5
He was 30 before I could drive a car - so, I consider that a sizeable age difference. But, thanks for calling me old this morning. I needed that. Don't feel bad, using that definition, most the people around here are old.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 6, 2012 9:58:02 GMT -5
All those old white guys look the same.Some of them are women. if so many of us got them right? Maybe their poll sample was skewed? Or we are?It's us. I think most of us actually vote. We may disagree, but I think we're informed. More so than the general public. No matter what we think of each other's opinions, we do not have an average group here. I believe that overall we are more educated and more informed than the general population. My 13 year old got 8....Better than the average adult.....
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Post by Waffle on Sept 6, 2012 10:00:31 GMT -5
I still say that at least one of the answers that they give is incorrect. So which one do you disagree with and why?
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 6, 2012 10:02:55 GMT -5
I still say that at least one of the answers that they give is incorrect. So which one do you disagree with and why? Yeah. Inquiring minds want to know!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2012 10:05:10 GMT -5
I still say that at least one of the answers that they give is incorrect. So which one do you disagree with and why? "Which presidential candidate supports allowing many illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children to remain in the country?" Obama supports allowing children who were brought to the country illegally to stay in the US. Romney also supports allowing children who were brought to the country illegally to stay in the US. I just copied this sentence from MittRomney.com. "Mitt Romney believes that young illegal immigrants who were brought to the United States as children should have the chance to become permanent residents, and eventually citizens" The correct answer should be both.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2012 10:08:00 GMT -5
Wow... I don't think Mitt knows that is on his page... He also said he would veto the Dream Act....
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Sept 6, 2012 10:11:30 GMT -5
Wow... I don't think Mitt knows that is on his page... He also said he would veto the Dream Act.... consistency is Mitt's hallmark...
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