Sometimes it weird for me to hear about the ignorance of America when it comes to campaigns and elections. I may be a bit of a political nerd, but you would think most Americans know the top tier candidates. You know, Giuliani, Romney and Thompson on the right, Hillary, Obama and Edwards on the left. Apparently the levels of basic knowledge are pitiful at best, especially on the Republican side.
From RawStory:
The Pew Research Center has released a new poll showing that 41% of Americans responding are unable to come up with the names of any Republican presidential candidates without prompting. In contrast, only 19% are unable to name even one Democratic candidate.According to the Pew report, "The Republicans' disengagement, if not disillusionment, with the campaign is borne out by the fact that many more Republicans are able to recall unprompted the names of Democratic frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama than can name Rudy Giuliani and other leading GOP candidates."
Hillary Clinton's name was offered unprompted by 78% of all respondents and Barack Obama's by 62%. However, no more than 45% came up with the name of GOP frontrunner Rudy Giuliani -- and even among Republicans the figure was only 57%.
The poll is somewhat similar to the 24% that still think Bush is doing a good job. Sometimes you just can't get through to people. As long as they remain ignorant on the right, things look good for a Democratic win next year.
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