This is sad... but not surprising! ...

[clock152]

This is sad!... only 36% of Americans can name the three branches of the US government.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ns-can-name-the-three-branches-of-government/

Civics lesson 101:
Our federal government has three parts. They are the Executive, (President and about 5,000,000 workers) Legislative (Senate and House of Representatives) and Judicial (Supreme Court and lower Courts)
for more info on what branch does what see:

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774837.html

 

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[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

Hell, half of them can't name the Vice President.

Sometimes, people who should know better don't understand that #3 is the Speaker of the House.

 

[Wheel Gun]

I'm having trouble naming three effective branches of the US government.

 

[Old Fart]

And they vote....

 

[Lurker66]

Sad stuff. But scarier is Biden at 2 and Boehner at 3.....please keep Obama alive.

 

[clock152]

Sad stuff. But scarier is Biden at 2 and Boehner at 3.....please keep Obama alive.

I'm pretty sure they arranged it this way... just to keep the guy safe.

 

[MCVetSteve]

The title of that article should read "only 36% of Americans polled can name the three branches of government." I'm in a class called intro to political analysis, they should really call it statistics manipulation 101. On the first day my professor said she could teach us to manipulate statistics to say whatever we want.

 

[TerryMiller]

Sad stuff. But scarier is Biden at 2 and Boehner at 3.....please keep Obama alive.

Yeah, well it doesn't get much better as one goes down the line.

What I've wondered is why there are so many non-elected people in this list.

Wikipedia Article on Line of Succession

 

[TwoForFlinching]

Sad stuff. But scarier is Biden at 2 and Boehner at 3.....please keep Obama alive.

hahahaha! Truer words are rarely said