Many of those polled failed to correctly answer basic questions about American independence and the Constitution

Many of those polled failed to correctly answer basic questions about American independence and the Constitution

Nearly half of Americans don’t know what they’re celebrating on the Fourth of July, according to a shocking poll.

July 4 marks the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, but 46% of Americans and 61% of Gen Zers couldn’t tell you that, the Cato Institute’s national survey found.

Celebrations are taking place across the country this holiday weekend, but many Americans failed to correctly answer basic questions about the history of U.S. independence and the Constitution in the poll of 2,253 Americans aged 18 and older.

  • punkcoderEnglish
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    1 day ago

    For those of you not aware of the fundamental bias in this statement, the CATO institute is a far right think tank funded by the Koch Brothers. They would rather say that America is dumb than admit that american policies are a failure.

    • scops@reddthat.comEnglish
      111·
      1 day ago

      It’s also published by the Independent, which recently posted a bullshit story where they claimed the average boomer had $42k in student loan debt.

      I take any of their headlines with a pile of salt.