Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter

Name: Just How Stupid Are We? Facing the Truth about the American Voter
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ISBN: 9780465014934

ISBN-10: 0465014933

ISBN-13: 9780465014934

Edition: 2009

Authors: Rick Shenkman, Rick Shenkman

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Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from "The Simpsons," but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid.InJust How Stupid Are We?, best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. American democracy is as direct as it's ever beenbut voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power. At once a powerful indictment of voter apathy and political indifference,Just How Stupid Are We?also provides concrete proposals for reforming our institutionsthe government, the media, civic…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 5/12/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.31" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Author's Note



The Problem



Gross Ignorance



Are the Voters Irrational?



The Importance of Myths



Giving Control to the People



The Power of Television



Our Dumb Politics: The Big Picture



Our Mindless Debate About 9/11



We Can't Even Talk About How Stupid We Are


Coda: Hope


Epilogue


Acknowledgments


Sources


Index