Friday, April 13, 2012

Test Your Political News IQ: Results

Test Your Political News IQ: Results


The News IQ Quiz


Demographic Breakdowns by Question

Your results and the percentage of each demographic group that answered the question correctly in our telephone survey.
Gender Education Age

Your Responses Male Female High School
or less
Some
College
College
Graduate
Ages 18-29 Ages 30-49 Ages 50+
1. Thinking about where the political parties stand on important issues, which party is generally more supportive of restricting access to abortion? Correct 62 61 52 61 76 62 64 60
2. Which party is generally more supportive of increasing taxes on higher income people to reduce the federal budget deficit? Correct 68 66 56 69 84 58 67 71
3. Which party is generally more supportive of reducing the size of the defense budget? Correct 62 54 50 59 70 65 59 56
4. Which party is generally more supportive of reducing the size and scope of the federal government? Correct 58 49 43 53 68 44 53 57
5. Which party is generally more supportive of creating a way for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally to eventually become citizens? Correct 66 59 52 69 74 74 61 59
6. Which party is generally more supportive of allowing drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? Correct 65 55 48 66 74 57 62 62
7. Which party is generally more supportive of expanding the rights of gays and lesbians? Correct 67 65 51 71 85 72 66 63
8. The initials "G-O-P" are usually associated with which political party? Correct 71 66 55 72 86 60 67 72
9. Thinking about a few current and past political leaders, was Franklin Roosevelt a Republican or a Democrat? Correct 61 54 50 59 69 43 53 68
10. Was Abraham Lincoln a Republican or a Democrat? Correct 59 51 46 58 67 48 53 59
11. Is John Boehner a Republican or a Democrat? Correct 60 50 45 55 70 43 53 62
12. Is Nancy Pelosi a Republican or a Democrat? Correct 67 56 49 65 78 43 60 70
13. Which political party is considered to be the more conservative party on most political issues? Correct 73 68 54 77 90 68 72 71

Your Responses Male Female High School
or less
Some
College
College
Graduate
Ages 18-29 Ages 30-49 Ages 50+
This shows how many questions you answered correctly, compared with the average number of correct answers for different demographic groups. For example, men answered an average of 8.4 questions correctly.










13 8.4 7.5 6.5 8.3 9.9 7.4 7.9 8.3
The quiz was made up of 13 questions excerpted from the larger Knowledge Survey. Your responses do not affect the survey results.

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