Study: American Voters Dumb as Ever!

[zengrifter]

Winston Churchill once said: "The greatest argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter." zg

Study: American Voters Dumb as Ever!



By David Knowles
Jul 24th 2008 9:20AM



Back in 1960, four University of Michigan professors published a landmark study that, to the nation's utter shock, found that Americans are nothing but lemmings when it comes to our most sacred Democratic rite, voting. Titled "The American Voter," the study revealed that, by and large, Democrats and Republicans voted for their respective parties for no better reason than that was what their parents had done before them. Independents, the study claimed, were even less informed than their partisan neighbors. In fact, if anything, they were less interested and involved in politics than the donkeys or the elephants.

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[sagefr0g]

i've always felt kind of dumb about it. when it comes to local issues, candidates half the time i'm clueless.
don't really see much wrong with it either. pretty much i see it as a matter of blissful innocence. so but if there is some issue one is aware of that has some real importance and it can be affected by voting then sure go for it.
so but as far as being all political and informed or some kind of activist i think i'd just as soon be pushing up daisies.

[N&B]

YUP, its true.