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jwhop
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posted January 17, 2011 05:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Of the 2,508 People surveyed, 164 say they have held an elected government office at least once in their life. Their average score on the civic literacy test is 44%, compared to 49% for those who have not held an elected office. Officeholders are less likely than other respondents to correctly answer 29 of the 33 test questions. This table shows the “knowledge gap” for each question: the difference between the percentage of common citizens who answered correctly and the percentage of officeholders who answered correctly.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html

Take the test.
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

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juniperb
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posted January 17, 2011 06:05 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I bombed. 76%

The Puritans & econ. questions got me

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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~

- George Eliot

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juniperb
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posted February 01, 2011 10:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~

- George Eliot

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jwhop
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posted February 01, 2011 10:44 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
76% isn't "bombing".

You answered 30 out of 33 correctly — 90.91 %
http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/additional_finding.html

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juniperb
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posted February 16, 2011 04:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for juniperb     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
it is compared to you

All I want to know is did you get the Puritan`s question right?
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What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world is immortal"~

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jwhop
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From: Madeira Beach, FL USA
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posted February 17, 2011 09:38 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jwhop     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I had to go back to the test to see if I got #14 right. I did but I missed some others I should not have.

I repeat, 76% isn't bombing on this test. It's far better than elected officials.

In fact, if you want to run for Prez, you've got my vote.

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