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Are you an informed voter? A quiz

FreeFree Posts: 3,562
edited November 2016 in A Moving Train
Found this after viewing Eddie Vedder and Derreck Trucks jamming at a Cubs after-party on FB.


http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/informed-voter-quiz/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Free said:

    Found this after viewing Eddie Vedder and Derreck Trucks jamming at a Cubs after-party on FB.


    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/informed-voter-quiz/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour

    The "quiz" headline asks about being an angry voter, but contradicts its narrative about being an informed one.

    And many of the questions don't have much to do with my state's measure, at least not directly.

    Odd.

    And that makes me angry!
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Next article on the site - "do you live in a bubble?"

    No, but wish I could.

    :rofl:
  • PJfanwillneverleave1PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    I couldn't get past the first question because I was laughing so hard and crying at the same time that I didn't have an answer.
  • Go BeaversGo Beavers Posts: 9,086
    A link to a quiz isn't what I want after reading "Eddie Vedder and Derreck Trucks jamming"
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    edited November 2016
    I got 78%

    C+ ... not so good.

    But then looking again, the average score (and basically the median) is 50% to 59%

    I don't feel quite so bad-- still, not a great score though.

    And a very slanted test - mostly questions are about economics. Why no questions about environment, international relations, how government works, etc.? Oh, that's right, it's all about money.
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  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    hedonist said:

    Free said:

    Found this after viewing Eddie Vedder and Derreck Trucks jamming at a Cubs after-party on FB.


    http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/informed-voter-quiz/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=pbsofficial&utm_campaign=newshour

    The "quiz" headline asks about being an angry voter, but contradicts its narrative about being an informed one.

    And many of the questions don't have much to do with my state's measure, at least not directly.

    Odd.

    And that makes me angry!
    It mentioned about the anger voters have and if They're actually informed. And then you going to get angry that it doesn't have anything to do with your state in particular...
  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    I couldn't get past the first question because I was laughing so hard and crying at the same time that I didn't have an answer.

    ?? College debt makes you laugh and cry?
  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    brianlux said:

    I got 78%

    C+ ... not so good.

    But then looking again, the average score (and basically the median) is 50% to 59%

    I don't feel quite so bad-- still, not a great score though.

    And a very slanted test - mostly questions are about economics. Why no questions about environment, international relations, how government works, etc.? Oh, that's right, it's all about money.

    I thought it provided some good information there, Brian. Some stuff I didn't know about.

    1.2 trillion dollars in school debt, for starters.

  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    I got a 78% also, and like Brian, I was sorry to see nearly every question was about dollars and cents.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    The test was pretty easy to take after I figured out you just had to choose the answer that made you feel bad the worst.
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    Jason P said:

    The test was pretty easy to take after I figured out you just had to choose the answer that made you feel bad the worst.

    yeah i wouldn't base someone being informed or not off that test...couple legit questions in there but like someone said they left off a bunch of other important issues
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    Jason P said:

    The test was pretty easy to take after I figured out you just had to choose the answer that made you feel bad the worst.

    Yeah- that was my take too. It was like, "Let's see, what's the worst case scenario here. OK, it must me that one."
    Free said:

    brianlux said:

    I got 78%

    C+ ... not so good.

    But then looking again, the average score (and basically the median) is 50% to 59%

    I don't feel quite so bad-- still, not a great score though.

    And a very slanted test - mostly questions are about economics. Why no questions about environment, international relations, how government works, etc.? Oh, that's right, it's all about money.

    I thought it provided some good information there, Brian. Some stuff I didn't know about.

    1.2 trillion dollars in school debt, for starters.

    Definitely some eye openers there.
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  • DegeneratefkDegeneratefk Posts: 3,123
    Apparently I am not an informed voter. Who knew? But im not voting for Trump. This doesn't make sense.
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  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    Who needs to be an informed voter if the candidates are only trying to convince you who the bigger craphead is?
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    Degeneratefk said:

    Apparently I am not an informed voter. Who knew? But im not voting for Trump. This doesn't make sense.

    yeah not going to lie i did crappy on that quiz, but i consider myself informed...oh well! :lol: i missed the pattern halfway thru the quiz to just pick all the doom and gloom answers
  • FreeFree Posts: 3,562
    Jason P said:

    Who needs to be an informed voter if the candidates are only trying to convince you who the bigger craphead is?

    Good point.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,942
    79%

    Hard to argue that America is great after doing that quiz. Government isn't what will be society's downfall, but unelected technology CEO's and companies that contribute to lack of privacy and make decisions that impact what our future will look like more than any elected politician. Sorry, I use the internet like everybody else but it is said to watch these people kill dismantle the workforce with AI.
  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    Maybe instead of "a quiz" it should be called "a social criticism" since it say more about the country than it does us voters (or non-voters, unsung, et al.).
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
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  • what dreamswhat dreams Posts: 1,761
    I got a 71. My second choice was the right answer to all my wrong answers. I blame it on being a poor test taker.

    Interesting factoids. It takes a lot of work to be informed at that level of questioning.
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    78%
    Some of those facts are pretty horrifying. The ones I got wrong are where I assumed things were better than this quiz says they are.
    As Brian said, this quiz is clearly made to try and make people understand just how bad certain things are.... but it forgot about any good things. Obviously there are some of those too.
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  • unsungunsung Posts: 9,487
    13/14, missed pre-K.

    Loaded questions, easy pattern there. Student loan debt isn't entirely accurate, my GF had private loans at 13%.
  • pjalive21pjalive21 Posts: 2,818
    unsung said:

    13/14, missed pre-K.

    Loaded questions, easy pattern there. Student loan debt isn't entirely accurate, my GF had private loans at 13%.

    yeah i have student loans for a bachelors i cant do anything with right now its meant to be a base for the masters, but then i went and had a kid and well ummm i need to change to a major that i can do online or take night classes for :lol: probably switch from counseling to a business degree...anyway...i went on a rant there
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