83% Think Americans Are Not Informed Voters

[J P Sousa]

  Most Americans think voters in this country don’t have enough say in their government, but at the same time they overwhelmingly believe their fellow countrymen don’t fulfill their responsibility to be informed about the things they vote on.   

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/may_2014/83_think_americans_are_not_informed_voters

But they keep voting anyway. 

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[thundley4]

I with the people that think there should be a test given before being able to register to vote.  I knew more about how the government works in high school, thanks to a great teacher, than most people do now.  (Not talking about  people on here, just society at large)

[marv]

That's an example of "Not me, it's the other guy." syndrome.

[Dori]

I with the people that think there should be a test given before being able to register to vote.  I knew more about how the government works in high school, thanks to a great teacher, than most people do now.  (Not talking about  people on here, just society at large)

I had two years of government in HS.  Even with that, it still took a long time to understand how the political game is played and who all the players are.

The way it's supposed to work, and how it actually works (or doesn't) are two different things, especially with this Administration.

[DumbAss Tanker]

A lot of that result is just oppositional thinking.  I think it's true of Dem voters, and the Libs no doubt think it's true of all of us, so both sides would've responded 'Most are not informed' on that one.  Surveys like this measure opinions, not facts, but the same opinion can exist in different population segments for different reasons.