I'm not really surprised

We elect people into public office. We'd like to think that those people have a good knowledge of basic civics. We'd like to think that, but we probably shouldn't.

It turns out that, on average, they can be more ignorant about civics than the average shmo.

Here is the quiz.

I got 88% right, or 29/33.

Are you a bad person if you got 44%? Certainly not. But of the various general knowledge that is critical to know in order to be a proficient US citizen, I'd put civics pretty high up there... I'd go as far as to say that you might want to get at least a C on this test if you want to consider yourself a knowledgeable voter. As for myself... I'm ashamed of my 88%.