1.29.2010

Old white guys know more about politics than wimpy Democrats, but still not so much

Republicans, on average, answered one more question correctly than Democrats (5.9 vs. 4.9 correct). These differences are partly a reflection of the demographics of the two groups; Republicans tend to be older, well educated and male, which are characteristics associated with political and economic knowledge.

link: Senate Legislative Process A Mystery To Many: Overview - Pew Research Center for the People & the Press

Pew poll shows Americans a pretty clueless bunch, except young people nail question about Stephen Colbert.

Meanwhile, in other numeric news,things are getting a little blurry in Ohio.


4 comments:

SPIIDERWEB™ said...

Wow. I'm old, well educated, male and a Democrat and I only missed one.

So much for statistics.

SPIIDERWEB™ said...

Oh yeah. I'm pretty white too.

SPIIDERWEB™ said...

That's pretty white. Not pretty and white.

Ted Compton said...

Well, you know, 93.4% of statistics are just made up on the spot.

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