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Fewer than half of Americans can name all three branches of government, survey finds

Author:     Adam Barnes
Source:     The Hill
Publication Date:     Sep. 13, 2022
 Link: Fewer than half of Americans can name all three branches of government, survey finds
Stephan:   How can you have a viable democracy when nearly a majority of Americans cannot even name the branches of government? Or have no idea what the Constitution actually says. The Republican Party assisted by the Jones Day Law firm, and the Federalist Society, have been working for years to completely corrupt the American judiciary, and turn it into a christofascist network of judges. The House and Senate, particularly the House, have become filled with ignorant corrupt MAGAt ideologues. And the Executive branch of government under Trump became basically a mafia organization. And because of their ignorance, most American voters so dimly understand how the government operates that they haven't even been able to comprehend what was happening. From a MAGAt Republican perspective, this is all very desirable, which is why they don't like fact-based civics classes in public schools.
  •  About a quarter of Americans surveyed could not name a single branch. 
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  • The survey also found a decline in the number of respondents who could name any of the five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. 
  • Around 26 percent of respondents could not name any First Amendment freedoms.

Americans’ understanding of basic facts about the U.S. government declined for the first time in six years, as fewer than half in a new survey could name all three branches of government.  

The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual Constitution Day Civics Survey found a significant drop in the percentage of Americans who could name all three branches of government — executive, legislative, and judicial — falling by 9 percentage points from a year earlier. 

About a quarter of Americans surveyed could not name a single branch. 

The survey also found a decline in the number of respondents who could name any of the five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment.  

Freedom of religion was named by 24 percent of those surveyed, falling from 56 percent from the previous […]

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