Are you smart enough to vote?

[Oedipus Rex]

Many Americans are idiots. They don't know what's going on in their own country most of the time and are swayed by popular opinion, whether its correct or not. Here's a quick test to determine if you're smart enough to be allowed to vote.


http://www.dontvote.org/

[AlonzoMourning23]

You scored 333 out of 350 possible points, or 95.14%

A
You should definitely vote

What did you get?

[Oedipus Rex]

350/350


You?

[bobbylien]

Who the fuck is Christina Aguilera? I got that one and the two Republican minority leaders wrong.

[speedracer]

Really, has Ban Ki-Moon been seated long enough for people to know him by sight? There are people whose hobby isn't world politics, you know.

I got em all right, but only because I guessed at Mitch McConnell. I knew the name and position but not the face.

I think people that think that Americans are idiots are idiots.

[NortheastCynic]

You scored 332 out of 350 possible points, or 94.86%

A
You should definitely vote.

The only one I missed was Mitch McConnel.

-NC

[Professor]

I got a B.

[potter]

A-

[/align] 315 out of 350

[BoogyMan]

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[bobbylien]

I think people that think that Americans are idiots are idiots.

The average American is an idiot. They are too busy watching American Idol to pay attention to politics. Then when election time rolls in they just vote a straight party ticket.

[Professor]

I was feeling pretty good about my B, but with all the As I'm starting to feel dumb.

[speedracer]

The average American is an idiot. They are too busy watching American Idol to pay attention to politics. Then when election time rolls in they just vote a straight party ticket.

Show me a country where that's not true.

[Buck Laser]

350/350, but I'm surprised I could tell the difference between Cristina Aguilera and Laura Ingraham. And it's a poorly made-out poll that misspells Chelsea Clinton's name.

Fact is, that if it were a real quiz, it would have asked us to match people with some policies or statements. All my score means is that I'm lucky and that I pay a little bit of attention to the news.

[bobbylien]

The average American is an idiot. They are too busy watching American Idol to pay attention to politics. Then when election time rolls in they just vote a straight party ticket.

Show me a country where that's not true.

I didn't say it wasn't true in other countries.

[speedracer]

The average American is an idiot. They are too busy watching American Idol to pay attention to politics. Then when election time rolls in they just vote a straight party ticket.

Show me a country where that's not true.

I didn't say it wasn't true in other countries.

I get what you're sayin. I just hope you guys get what I'm trying to say.

[potter]

The average American is an idiot. They are too busy watching American Idol to pay attention to politics. Then when election time rolls in they just vote a straight party ticket.

Show me a country where that's not true.

I didn't say it wasn't true in other countries.

I get what you're sayin. I just hope you guys get what I'm trying to say.


That it's OK that American voters are stupid cause voters are in other countries are stupid (ill informed) too?

IMO...when the voters of the most powerful county on earth are stupid and it in turn affects the rest of the world, perhaps we have more of a responsibility to be informed than others.

[speedracer]

IMO...when the voters of the most powerful county on earth are stupid and it in turn affects the rest of the world, perhaps we have more of a responsibility to be informed than others.

I've lived on both American coasts. I've lived in Asia. I've lived in the South Pacific. I've lived in the South. I've lived at some point within an hour of the borders of both Canada and Mexico.

I've met people that I certainly disagree with politically. I've met people that live their lives in a way that I would never even consider. I've met people that don't take a particular interest in politics. Every subset of person, from the Hollywood liberal to the Hawaiian socialist to the Los Angeles hyper-capitalist to the Seattle snob to the Portland hippie to the Georgian redneck to the North Carolinian triangle-yuppie to the Texas Ranger (if only in their own minds :P).

The worst, absolute worst jerks in America are the bourgeoisie holier-than-thous that detest other Americans.

Get off the high horse.

[potter]

IMO...when the voters of the most powerful county on earth are stupid and it in turn affects the rest of the world, perhaps we have more of a responsibility to be informed than others.

I've lived on both American coasts. I've lived in Asia. I've lived in the South Pacific. I've lived in the South. I've lived at some point within an hour of the borders of both Canada and Mexico.

I've met people that I certainly disagree with politically. I've met people that live their lives in a way that I would never even consider. I've met people that don't take a particular interest in politics. Every subset of person, from the Hollywood liberal to the Hawaiian socialist to the Los Angeles hyper-capitalist to the Seattle snob to the Portland hippie to the Georgian redneck to the North Carolinian triangle-yuppie to the Texas Ranger (if only in their own minds :P).

The worst, absolute worst jerks in America are the bourgeoisie holier-than-thous that detest other Americans.

Get off the high horse.



So having standards is being on a "high horse"?Â*Â*And YOU are the one who interjected "detest".Â*Â*I only presented a "if" situation. The only folks I really detest work in washington.Â*Â*Is it too much to ask that voters know for who they are really voting, or is edumacation too high fallutin' for ya?

No wonder we have so many voters who haven't a clue....

I suppose in your opinion, proper grammer is "uppity" as well? :rolleyes:

Jesus Christ I hate people who read shite into other peoples posts and then claim it as fact. Some people (largely the republican party it seems) have become so accustomed to twisting other peoples words around to serve their own narrow agenda they automatically assume everyone else does the same thing instead of taking the authors words at face value.

[speedracer]

So having standards is being on a "high horse"?
Whose standards? What standards? Your standards?

I only presented a "if" situation.
IMO...when the voters of the most powerful county on earth are stupid
That looks like a "when" statement to me. I didn't see anything about "if". Especially when you responded with that and quoted bobbylien, who said:
The average American is an idiot.
I think mine was a reasonable assumption.
Some people (largely the republican party it seems) have become so accustomed to twisting other peoples words around to serve their own narrow agenda they automatically assume everyone else does the same thing instead of taking the authors words at face value.
I'm not quite sure what you just did there. Did you call me a Republican, or did you call me out for having a narrow agenda, or did you use weak language intentionally (some people) so that you could be passively aggressive while still being able to plausibly deny confrontational language, or did you do all three? I'm not quite sure, and would like some clarification. Thanks.

[micfranklin]

I don't need a test to tell me whether I'm not smart enough to vote.

[Stoner]

I don't need a test to tell me whether I'm not smart enough to vote.


Amen.

[firefox]

I got through 1/3 of it and gave up. It was too long and boring, but I know I got at most one wrong in so far, and I'm at least 50% sure I'm correct on that particular choice.

[potter]

So having standards is being on a "high horse"?
Whose standards? What standards? Your standards?

I only presented a "if" situation.
IMO...when the voters of the most powerful county on earth are stupid
That looks like a "when" statement to me. I didn't see anything about "if". Especially when you responded with that and quoted bobbylien, who said:
The average American is an idiot.
I think mine was a reasonable assumption.
Some people (largely the republican party it seems) have become so accustomed to twisting other peoples words around to serve their own narrow agenda they automatically assume everyone else does the same thing instead of taking the authors words at face value.
I'm not quite sure what you just did there. Did you call me a Republican, or did you call me out for having a narrow agenda, or did you use weak language intentionally (some people) so that you could be passively aggressive while still being able to plausibly deny confrontational language, or did you do all three? I'm not quite sure, and would like some clarification. Thanks.


It looks to me like you combined things that Bobby said and things that I said and then made an assumption that I agreed with Bobby that the "average" American is an idiot. That is not my opinion at all.

My opinion is that the average American votes based on sound bites instead of real factual information. My opinion deals only with voting and has nothing to do with average intelligence. Regarding standards, knowing some accurate information about a candidate would be nice. Believing everything a campaign marketing team throws at you word for word isn't "being informed"

Last question: No, yes, yes. ;)

[speedracer]

My opinion is that the average American votes based on sound bites instead of real factual information. My opinion deals only with voting and has nothing to do with average intelligence. Regarding standards, knowing some accurate information about a candidate would be nice. Believing everything a campaign marketing team throws at you word for word isn't "being informed"
I'm just saying that we're all guilty of this in some form or another, ya know? I agree with what you're (and to a lesser extent, bobbylien) saying about the need for a more informed populace, but holding Americans to a higher bar than anyone else just doesn't seem fair to me.

"We need a better informed populace" is a fair statement in my book.
"We need a better informed populace because we're Americans" just doesn't seem fair, though I still agree with it.

Last question: No, yes, yes. ;)
I thought you called me a Republican. We's about to throw down, chief. Them's fightin words ;)

[1Samuel8]

Voting is a coward's way of pretending that he is helping his fellow man.
Anybody who thinks that their vote matters is sadly mistaken. In a country as big as the U.S.A., your vote is meaningless and statistically makes no difference to the outcome of an election. There are probably 299,999,999 better ways of helping your fellow man than voting. Helping an old lady cross the street or picking up litter on your street or donating food to the local shelter are infinitely more productive than voting.

Voter apathy is a good thing. It means that people are not looking to mooch off of the government.



By the way, any website that uses the MicroShaft Idiot Exploiter icon (http://www.DontVote.org/favicon.ico) as a default is a dumb website!

[stannis]

I think people that think that Americans are idiots are idiots.

The average American is an idiot. They are too busy watching American Idol to pay attention to politics. Then when election time rolls in they just vote a straight party ticket.



If watching reality TV is idiocy then there are 'idiots' in evey country!

[Truth_and_Power]

Well there were three I didnt know.. although since I do a lot of reading and not a lot of fox-news-watching, I know more about the people than I do about their appearance. Are we going to vote with pictures in the next election?

Also, what does paris hilton have to do with politics?

[stannis]

Also, what does paris hilton have to do with politics?

Well the word 'whore' comes to mind, so maybe there is a link;)

[NoMoreDems-Reps]

You scored 311 out of 350 possible points, or 88.86%

B+


The test does not test your ability to reason though. I think that
is far more important than knowing who's who.
Knowing, what/why they do what they do and is it good
and should I support it, is a critical skill!!

[Truth Detector]

I think the test should be timed, but it really isn't much of a test, more of a face recognition thing and it only took me about a minute to run through it:

You scored 343 out of 350 possible points, or 98.00%
A

I think it would make sense if it asked questions about our Government and election process.

Just my two cents worth.

[Troubadour]

but holding Americans to a higher bar than anyone else just doesn't seem fair to me.


There would be less of a problem if Americans held themselves to any bar instead of believing the US superior by definition. Most would be shocked and offended to discover just how far our society has declined relative to other industrialized nations.

[4Reaganomics]

we are post-industrial and not like the "other industrialized nations" because we are superior in all aspects

damn, i just proved your point

[Jade Rat]

You scored 288 out of 350 possible points, or 82.29%

I still don't believe thats really Brittany spears, or Angelina Joelle- why the heck are they important to politics anyways?- Brittany is nothing but a whore, and the only thing i remember Angelina for is Tomb Raider.

lol! Question No 51: Incorrect
Correct Answer: Ban Ki-moon
You Chose: Hideki Matsui
Points Earned: 0 out of 7

18.82% of people answer this question correctly. Question No 52: Incorrect
Correct Answer: Secretary General, United Nations
You Chose: Professional Baseball Player
Points Earned: 0 out of 7

23.77% of people answer this question correctly.


Who would have guessed? lol

[AlanC]

But I cheated a bit, two of them I determined by process of elimination, not because I knew them right off the bat..:innocent:


You scored 350 out of 350 possible points, or 100.00%

A+
Not only should you vote, you should consider a career in politics.

[preservanation]

Not only should you vote, you should consider a career in politics.
Each are not mutually inclusive, AC!

[AlanC]

Oh, agree Preserva, in fact wanting a career in politics could be argued to be evidence of less intelligence, not more..:evil:

[PostmodernProphet]

I had Ki-Moon as the SG of the UN, but I had his name wrong.....98%

[preservanation]

Oh, agree Preserva, in fact wanting a career in politics could be argued to be evidence of less intelligence, not more..:evil:
"Exactamundo"
-Fonzi 3/8/1978
:cool:

[Jade Rat]

I had Ki-Moon as the SG of the UN, but I had his name wrong.....98%


At least thats better than thinking he might be a baseball player like i did! :dizzy:

[PostmodernProphet]

I had Ki-Moon as the SG of the UN, but I had his name wrong.....98%


At least thats better than thinking he might be a baseball player like i did! :dizzy:


I'm afraid I have to agree....didn't it dawn on you that he looked a bit old to be a professional athlete?.....

[Jade Rat]

I had Ki-Moon as the SG of the UN, but I had his name wrong.....98%


At least thats better than thinking he might be a baseball player like i did! :dizzy:


I'm afraid I have to agree....didn't it dawn on you that he looked a bit old to be a professional athlete?.....


:lmao: i envy your powers of observation! lol

[Go Fish]

325 out of 350. The glitterati screwed me up.