Only 28% of people can identify Iran on a map

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Anonymous wrote:Please stop responding to this thread. It's just a stupid attempt to attack on female Democrats. Don't feed the troll.

Right, and there are NEVER daily threads attacking Trump voters or Republicans in general that are probably started by female Democrats. You can certainly dish it out, but seem unable to take it. How very curious.

You can see who starts each thread in the Political Forum?? Are you one of the mediums?



Wouldn't be a thread in the Political Forum without the requisite GOP whataboutism.

Nope. I just have a working brain and the ability to infer, based on the moderator’s own comments, that the vast majority of posters here are liberal women. Have a great night, liberal woman!

[Anonymous]

I am not sure we can trust that the people who answered this poll were 100% being serious. I mean, some picked the US, mostly in Trump country, LOL. Wishful thinking, maybe. And some people picked the middle of the ocean, where there are no islands, even.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:? How much do you want to bet that Trump couldn't even identify Iran on a map.

THIS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please stop responding to this thread. It's just a stupid attempt to attack on female Democrats. Don't feed the troll.

Right, and there are NEVER daily threads attacking Trump voters or Republicans in general that are probably started by female Democrats. You can certainly dish it out, but seem unable to take it. How very curious.

You can see who starts each thread in the Political Forum?? Are you one of the mediums?



Wouldn't be a thread in the Political Forum without the requisite GOP whataboutism.

Nope. I just have a working brain and the ability to infer, based on the moderator’s own comments, that the vast majority of posters here are liberal women. Have a great night, liberal woman!

Epic fail. I'm a dude.

Not much of a working brain there. Just knee-jerk GOP BS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/

Only 28%
Only 20% of women below the average (men were 38%, nearly double)
27% of democrats (28% of republicans and 31% of independents)

College educated were more successful (only 38% which shows me college fails us as a country)

So it appears a majorly of women Democrat voters bitching about Trumps policies cannot even point to Iran on a map.

Meh, this is a bit silly. You don't really need to know exactly where Iran is on a map to know how/why bombing it might matter? Also, with technology, you don't really need such geography skills as much when you can look it up in 5 seconds if you wanted to.

If you are making the broader point that much of the voting populace is under-informed...well, duh.

You need to know whatever MSNBC tells you you need to know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure we can trust that the people who answered this poll were 100% being serious. I mean, some picked the US, mostly in Trump country, LOL. Wishful thinking, maybe. And some people picked the middle of the ocean, where there are no islands, even.

Never underestimate the power of the sheeple.

[Anonymous]

I bet most people on in this forum and elsewhere in America would have trouble finding Connecticut on a map.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/

Only 28%
Only 20% of women below the average (men were 38%, nearly double)
27% of democrats (28% of republicans and 31% of independents)

College educated were more successful (only 38% which shows me college fails us as a country)

So it appears a majorly of women Democrat voters bitching about Trumps policies cannot even point to Iran on a map.

I doubt that 28% of Americans can name all 50 states! We are an ill-educated nation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone knows there is only one country in the Middle East that has caused all these problems.

And the USA bears no blame whatsoever?

ALL of the problems in the Middle East are associated with Iran?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet most people on in this forum and elsewhere in America would have trouble finding Connecticut on a map.

They could find wealthy Darien but not poor Hartford

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/

Only 28%
Only 20% of women below the average (men were 38%, nearly double)
27% of democrats (28% of republicans and 31% of independents)

College educated were more successful (only 38% which shows me college fails us as a country)

So it appears a majorly of women Democrat voters bitching about Trumps policies cannot even point to Iran on a map.

Meh, this is a bit silly. You don't really need to know exactly where Iran is on a map to know how/why bombing it might matter? Also, with technology, you don't really need such geography skills as much when you can look it up in 5 seconds if you wanted to.

If you are making the broader point that much of the voting populace is under-informed...well, duh.

How incredibly pathetic that you actually believe this.
-DP (female independent voter)

Do you have an actual argument to make, Miss Independent? Or just outrage and name calling? Same thing is happening with spelling, grammar and even ability to navigate roads. It'll probably happen with foreign language skills eventually. When was the last time you used a map or compass to get somewhere?

I use maps all the time. I’m a cartographer. Do even know what that means?

Yes, I do. Citing an anomaly to prove a rule. Well done, . Do you feel special?

You are not bright. Not at all.

Come back when you have something useful to offer the thread.

Wait. Who *doesnt* use maps? Even if they are speaking the directions, or become more advanced. Maps
Change all the time. Structures change. Roads are built. Boundaries are sometimes redrawn. You absolutely need to correctly identify a country. Far more important to know left from right and north from south, but still good to understand how many people don’t appreciate the nuances that are literally geographical for a lot of political issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure we can trust that the people who answered this poll were 100% being serious. I mean, some picked the US, mostly in Trump country, LOL. Wishful thinking, maybe. And some people picked the middle of the ocean, where there are no islands, even.

I’m much, much, much more concerned about all the voters in Trump Country if they were.
They think Iran is IN THEIR STATE and want to BLOW IT UP.

WTAF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please stop responding to this thread. It's just a stupid attempt to attack on female Democrats. Don't feed the troll.

It’s an honest thread...the data is there.

It shows how uneducated people are. An the fact most college educated cannot point to Iran is even more disturbing. I fully get some backwoods inbred - but a “college” educated person?

Honestly I know enlisted military members with more geopolitical knowledge of the region than I do college educated armchair politicians.

I was just recently at USMA and asked if a statue near the library in a corner was General Patton (the sign had been hidden by shrubbery and thought it was but sought verification). There are only 2 statues on that campus that I saw and one is General Eisenhower that presides over Eisenhower plaza in a very central location. The cadet had just finished practicing drills on Eisenhower plaza. He answered that he thought that statue in the corner was Eisenhower. We pointed out that the central statue was Eisenhower and he said he thought we were wrong. These two men do not look anything alike and knowing that the entire field is called Eisenhower plaza should tell you that the statue directly in the center would be of him. Then we were on a bus asking about the historic chapel (largest building on campus with a huge spire overhead and a cadet said he wasn't sure where it was. So no I don't think cadets know more about geography than your average DMV resident that has to navigate all of this traffic and deal with people from all over the world. Resident of the US - sure we have many barely literate people in red and blue states. It's unfortunate that republicans are scared of universities in the US because this is a huge problem I see happening to America. Forget about other countries. We have our own educational problems right here in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://morningconsult.com/2020/01/08/can-you-locate-iran-few-voters-can/

Only 28%
Only 20% of women below the average (men were 38%, nearly double)
27% of democrats (28% of republicans and 31% of independents)

College educated were more successful (only 38% which shows me college fails us as a country)

So it appears a majorly of women Democrat voters bitching about Trumps policies cannot even point to Iran on a map.

Meh, this is a bit silly. You don't really need to know exactly where Iran is on a map to know how/why bombing it might matter? Also, with technology, you don't really need such geography skills as much when you can look it up in 5 seconds if you wanted to.

If you are making the broader point that much of the voting populace is under-informed...well, duh.

Ohhhh pathetic pathetic argument, and I am against Trump!!!!! “You don’t really need such geography skills” - ouch. Glad you are not running public education. Or are you?? It’s the fault of our schools that most Americans don’t know this (this is not college level info, btw). However — My middle schoolers is studying Middle East geography right now, and I was very pleased to see that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please stop responding to this thread. It's just a stupid attempt to attack on female Democrats. Don't feed the troll.

Right, and there are NEVER daily threads attacking Trump voters or Republicans in general that are probably started by female Democrats. You can certainly dish it out, but seem unable to take it. How very curious.

You can see who starts each thread in the Political Forum?? Are you one of the mediums?



Wouldn't be a thread in the Political Forum without the requisite GOP whataboutism.

Nope. I just have a working brain and the ability to infer, based on the moderator’s own comments, that the vast majority of posters here are liberal women. Have a great night, liberal woman!

Epic fail. I'm a dude.

Not much of a working brain there. Just knee-jerk GOP BS.

Biologically, maybe. But your brain self identifies as a liberal woman.