Pollitical Quiz: Are you in the 13%?

[Gardening Grandma]

Only 13% get all 11 correct.


pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/quiz/index.php

( I'm in the 13% who got all 11 correct)

[grumpyhermit]

Yes.

And those questions were so frighteningly easy it is sad that only 13% get them all right.

[Deleted]

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.

[Waffle]

Yes, I'm in the top 13%.

[thyme4change]

I got them all right. I wonder what that says about me.

[Waffle]

Sept 6, 2012 9:33:08 GMT -5 grumpyhermit said:

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.

[chiver78]

I'm in the 13% of people who got one question wrong.

I had the right answer and changed it at the last second.

[Gardening Grandma]

I was surprised that they were so easy too..... Good grief!

[Sam_2.0]

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.

[Gardening Grandma]

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.

[thyme4change]

I had to think twice about who was Chief Justice. All those old white guys look the same.

[Deleted]

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?

[Labcat]

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)

[thyme4change]

Or we are?

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.

[chiver78]

Sept 6, 2012 9:44:17 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

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.

[grumpyhermit]

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.

[Taxman10]

Sept 6, 2012 9:44:17 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

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??

[Labcat]

Sept 6, 2012 9:43:36 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

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.

[Formerly SK]

I missed two...stupid speed clicking!

[thyme4change]

he's not much older than you, is he??

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.

[Deleted]

My 13 year old got 8....

[Deleted]

I still say that at least one of the answers that they give is incorrect.

[mmhmm]

I didn't miss any, either; however, I wouldn't expect most folks on this message board to miss any of those.

[Taxman10]

Sept 6, 2012 9:52:51 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

he's not much older than you, is he??

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.

[Gardening Grandma]

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.....

[Waffle]

Sept 6, 2012 9:54:48 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

I still say that at least one of the answers that they give is incorrect.

So which one do you disagree with and why?

[Gardening Grandma]

Sept 6, 2012 10:00:31 GMT -5 Waffle said:

Sept 6, 2012 9:54:48 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

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!

[Deleted]

Sept 6, 2012 10:00:31 GMT -5 Waffle said:

Sept 6, 2012 9:54:48 GMT -5 ArchietheDragon said:

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.

[Deleted]

Wow... I don't think Mitt knows that is on his page... He also said he would veto the Dream Act....

[Gardening Grandma]

Sept 6, 2012 10:08:00 GMT -5 oped said:

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...