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The Dumbing Down of Voters

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:54 PM EDT
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[S]urveys show that increased schooling doesn't correspond to a higher aptitude for civics. To put this bluntly: Americans today are no better informed about politics than their grade-school educated grandparents.

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