4 out of 5 Americans don't know the U.S. has 50 states!

[bif]

I was having lunch at a bar today and the tv was on. Some dumb show where they ask quesions to people on the street. And most of the people didn't know how many states we have! Are we the dumbest people on the planet or what? No wonder Bush won. There should be a test given to potential voters. These people just shouldn't be allowed to vote..

[Emboldened Chimp]

1. That's just sad

What else can I say?

[Jessica]

2. Wha ... ?

There are 50 of em? :o

[ET Awful]

3. They're just included those other two states

State of Confusion and State of Denial.

[fob]

4. We're down to 50!?!

[Stop_the_War]

5. OMG!!!

:wow:

[ladjf]

6. 59 million Americans willingly participated in the overthrow

of the U.S. Government.

[KitchenWitch]

7. only 50% are above average intelligence!

:P

[coloradodem2005]

8. I find that hard to believe.

I had this fact drilled into my head ever since I was little. Are you sure that this is legitimate?

[bif]

10. It was legit

It was a game show. Very sad.

[Zuni]

12. oooh a game show

that proves it

[bif]

16. Well, you had to see it

These people were just dolts. Like most Americans.

[Zuni]

20. I do not know one American

who could not tell you there were 50 states.
I think everyone i know could name every state, no matter how politically naive or dumb they may be.

[bif]

23. Hey, almost everyone I know voted for Kerry

So he must have won!

[Zuni]

32. You saw some idiots on TV

so obviously, everyone else is an idiot

[JohnnyRingo]

9. Were they counting Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and Greenland?

Mexico?
Israel?
Iraq?
or Costa Rica?

I think I see why some may be confused.

[Zuni]

11. bullshit

Any TV can find morons who will say anything. hardly a scientific poll.
I do not know anyone that doesn't know that we have 50 states

[taught_me_patience]

13. Iran and Iraq

51st and 52nd...

taught.

[ScreamingMeemie]

14. A while ago they went out on the street and asked a bunch of war supporter

to point out where Iraq was on a globe. Guess what? Most couldn't. They asked some protesters. Guess what? Most could. Amazing. :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. That's cuz war-protesting Ameruka haters is intellectually elitistical

Does it matter where Iraq is? All that matters is taht we're liberatin' em/ The important thing is that ethey know where Ameruka is! It ain't up to us know to where they ois. That's just ignant.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. Spew! You owe me another keyboard Rabrrrrrr!

Ouch! ;) :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. Bwuhahahahahaha!

You hsould know not to have anything in your mouth before you read a patented RabrrrrrrPost(tm)!

[underpants]

15. Dear Mr.President there are too many states please eliminate three

I am not a crackpot

[Zuni]

21. I'll be dead in the cold, cold ground before I recognize missouria

[name not needed]

28. The president is a demmycrat!

[kick-ass-bob]

22. It wasn't Street Smarts, was it?

Because they get the dumbest asses to go on there (or tell them to answer wrong)

[3rdParty]

24. Doesn't surprise me...

After HS graduation, I couldn't convince 4 of my fellow graduates that there were 50 states.

[CitySky]

27. curious

Did they think there were fewer, or more?

and: How long ago was this? If you don't mind revealing your age.

[DeaconBlues]

25. Didn't someone once say that democracy depended on an informed citizenry?

If the founding fathers knew what we were to become, they probably would have went to the Brits and said, "Our bad. Here's the country back."

[maveric]

26. I work with dozens of people who think New England is a state.

I had to pretty much teach a class beore last year's Super Bowl, explaining that NE is a group of states. I got arguments,many of them! One RN stated that the capital of New England is Rhode Island!

AARRGGHH!!!! I wanted to line them all up and stooge-slap them!

[KamaAina]

29. We have 46 states and four commonwealths

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky.

They're pretty much the same thing, but originally, the word "commonwealth" connoted more of a sense of self-government.

Then again, I defy you to find a Bush** voter who knows THAT!

[Redstone]

30. "These people just shouldn't be allowed to vote..."

If they're that dumb, they shouldn't be allowed to breed either.

Redstone

[catmandu57]

31. I don't think most people could tell

you which states border theirs. When I was in a college geography course the professor asked that question, we are in missouri and have a number of states that border us, Ia, Il, tenn, Ky, Ark, Ok, Ks, and Ne. clockwise, noone but myself could or would answer that question.

[bleedingheart]

37. New York, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey

guess my state....

[catmandu57]

39. Pennsylvania

nt

[AllegroRondo]

45. My daughter learned that in 5th grade

they had a little song to help you remember them.

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[BurtWorm]

34. Yeah, but 50 is such a big number to remember.

:shrug:

[hfojvt]

35. and how many people believe that is a real sampling?

Seriously, those shows are looking for stupid answers, those are the ones they put on the show. How many of the responses are coached? How many correct answers are left on the cutting room floor?

[livinginphotographs]

36. I worked with a girl who once asked me:

"What part of Virginia is Delaware in?" She looked at me really funny when I started bashing my head into the wall.

Sometimes, it's just easier to assume that everyone you meet is a drooling moron and let them surprise you.

[jswordy]

38. Your premise, and that of the show, is wrong.

You make an assumption based on the people SHOWN TO YOU by the TV show.

The show SELECTS PEOPLE who are dumb and leaves out lots of folks they taped with the correct answer, in order to satisfy its own premise. The show selects subjects for most outlandish response, not a representative sample.

Totally unscientific.

[Padraig18]

40. They obviously didn't have Sister Joanne for 5th grade geopgraphy.

They'd know, if they had.

;)

[DrWeird]

41. four out of five gameshow watchers...

believe that those "hey, let's find some stupid people on the street" skits are legitimate, that they don't actually go looking for stupid people to make fun of.

[donheld]

42. There's not 50 states

if you subtract "Jesusland"

[Danmel]

43. Technically there are 46 staste and 4 Commonwealths

Mass, Pa, Kentucky & Virginia, but somehow I don'tthink that's what tripped them up!

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

44. you beat me to it

nt