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Just How Ignorant Are American Voters?

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Bob Edwards Radio.com explores Rick Shenkman's new book, "Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter":

--Only 2 in 5 voters can name the three branches of the federal government.

--Only 1 in 7 can find Iraq on a map.

--Only 1 in 5 know that there are 100 federal senators.

And the most chilling...

--Nearly half (49%) of Americans think the President has the authority to suspend the Constitution.

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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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