What Americans don’t know… should worry us

In 38 years polling public opinion you don’t only learn what people think. You learn a lot about what people don’t know.

Our survey of Americans was fascinating but troubling. Many Americans know remarkably little about the world beyond their borders. Now you might say this isn’t new. But here’s what is new.

Knowledge of the world seems to be deteriorating in America, abetted by a president—ignorant of the world himself—whose formula for political success depends on more people becoming less informed. CONT.

Bruce Anderson (Abacus Data), Maclean’s


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