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Originally Posted by Rufusboi
I think you are underestimaing the American population. I think more Americans are tuned in, aware, and concerned than you could imagine.
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Let's just pick two really basic things:
41% don't believe global warming is happening
25% don't believe in evolution, another 36% have no opinion
These are both basic science stuff - no degrees required.
Then there are folks who take Palin seriously, folks who think that deficit spending is not good for the economy right now, folks who don't think BP should pay for their mess, folks who don't understand that our economy would implode if every immigrant worker left tomorrow, etc.
We're in two wars. How many folks still think Saddam Hussein was involved with the NY attack? How many can find Afghanistan on a map? For that matter, how many can even name all 50 states? You'd be shocked at the number of folks who think New Mexico is in another country.
I try to console myself by thinking that it's the same group of people that are out of touch on all of the above issues. Sadly, it appears that they vote, since they have representatives in Congress who believe all of the above, too.