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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPew: 40% of Americans know which party controls House and Senate.
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Thirty-three percent of Americans can identify the majority party in only one chamber, and 28 percent -- more than one in four people (!) -- have completely no idea.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/26/1-in-4-americans-have-no-idea-which-party-controls-the-senate-or-the-house/
Thirty-three percent of Americans can identify the majority party in only one chamber, and 28 percent -- more than one in four people (!) -- have completely no idea.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/06/26/1-in-4-americans-have-no-idea-which-party-controls-the-senate-or-the-house/
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Pew: 40% of Americans know which party controls House and Senate. (Original Post)
moondust
Jun 2014
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nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)1. Jeebus...
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)2. That doesn't surprise me
this is what we are dealing with
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)3. and this is why we can't have nice things
KG
(28,753 posts)4. let's be real - the repooks control both.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)5. Sadly, I'm not the least bit surprised. And they vote, and hence we have some of the damn fools
we have in congress.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)6. Well, they probably don't vote in the midterms.
Turnout in midterm elections averages about 40% ... hopefully the "other" 40% that does know, minimally, who has the majority in each house of Congress.
If this 40% doesn't know who runs Congress, they probably don't know when the elections are either. Or at least I hope. Because I really don't want them to vote (honest).
leftstreet
(36,118 posts)7. I'm actually surprised it's that high
Especially given that only half the eligible voters vote