How dumb are we?

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Originally Posted by gimpy117

well people in my state were dumb enough to elect Rick Snyder. Hopefully were smart when the recall election happens.

I guarantee you'll get remarkably dumb survey answers if you go to certain demographics that vote democrat as well. Places where over 90% of the people on the street you interview are guaranteed democrats... say north of 125 st in NYC (note that you'd get the same % democrats south of 125th street in NYC, but the education level would be higher—though many university grads these days have no history background at all*).

People in general are idiots. I'd be perfectly fine with a "civics" test required every few years to be allowed to register to vote.


*there was an interesting article by our former Representative, Heather Wilson. She's been on the Rhodes selection committee for years, and she said that the candidates are getting more and more narrow. They specialize as undergrads from the start, and might be brilliant in their major field, but are utterly clueless outside it. She'll ask why they say they are for something, what's the history, etc, and they get a deer in headlights look. Sad, really.

Found the link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...012104554.html