Just how stupid are we? facing the truth about the American voter

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Shenkman, Richard

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Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from ?The Simpsons," but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a...

Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from ?The Simpsons," but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid.In Just How Stupid Are We?, best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. American democracy is as direct as it's ever been?but voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power. At once a powerful indictment of voter apathy and political indifference, Just How

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