Bill Maher stated last year on his show that Americans are stupid and while this may be harsh I had a conversation with my father in law recently that reinforced this notion. Bare in mind that my father in law is actually quite smart but he believes dumb things. This is apparently not an uncommon thing in America and I think it explains to a great extent why the Democrats will lose seats in November. Here are a few examples.
Under President Obama taxes have gone down for 95% of the population however only 12% of Americans know this while 24% think their taxes have actually gone up.
Asked to choose between spending and tax cuts 55% of Americans believe that tax cuts are a more effective way to stimulate the economy.
19% of Americans believe they are in the top 1% of wage earners.
24% of Americans believe President Obama is Muslim and the bulk of them think that is a bad thing.
39% of Americans believe in evolution.
40% of Americans believe health care reform includes "death panels"
In 2006 50% of Americans still believe that Iraq had WMD's.
In 1999 20% of Americans believe the Sun revolves around the Earth.
50% of Americans believe that Christianity came before Judaism and another 41% weren't sure.
20% of Americans believe the lottery is a good means of making money.
33% of Americans believe the First Amendment right of freedom of religion does not apply to extreme or fringe groups.
Only 42% of Republicans believe that President Obama was born in America.
82% of Americans believe Jesus Christ was the son of God and died for our sins.
20% of Americans can't identify the US on a map.
20% of Americans don't know who we declared our independence from in 1776.
1% of Americans believe that Derek Anderson will eventually win a Super Bowl MVP
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