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Our Politicians are Dumber Than Normal People · Nov 21, 02:42 PM

If you have the distinct disadvantage of living in the US, you now can rest happily with the knowledge that all those people who’ve voted for years and years have managed to put in place a government almost entirely ignorant of basic civic knowledge. Yes, if you’ve voted for some ignoramus because he or she seems like a normal dude or dudette, well, you’ve gotten your wish.

Here’s a headline so long and convoluted your congressperson probably can’t parse it: US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday

— Guido Veloce

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