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“We are so screwed.”

Do you know who the vice president is? The speaker of the House? How many U.S. senators are there?

photo credit: americaspower

Don’t know the answers to these questions? If not, you’re not alone. As the Yahoo! News Ask America van travels the country asking people about this election season’s hot issues, we pulled a pop quiz on some of them, stumping many with basic civics questions.

Video

Who is the vice president? Ask America stumps voters, YahooNews, October 25, 2010

And these are college students . . . .

We are so screwed.

Political Quiz, Mungowitz, Kids Prefer Cheese, October 25, 2010

If you need to know the basics of American governance, check out this Capitol Learning Audio Course, “How America Governs”

Or sign up for this 1/2 -day course in DC, Congress in a Nutshell: Understanding Congress

Tags: basic civics, Kids Prefer Cheese, Mungowitz, political quiz, Yahoo News Ask America

Posted 2010/10/27, 9:27 am  ·  Category: Caught Our Eye ·  Comments Off on “We are so screwed.”

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