Knowledge Gap (Repubs/ Democrats)
One opinion that is prevalent in the leftist circles is that those on the right are stupid. In fact “stupid conservative” is suppose to be a redundant phrase, like irregardless or an intelligent-Canadian-Cynic-post. Now there is a survey that can shed light on this question and it notes the following.
Across the 12 knowledge items tested, the biggest gap between Democrats and Republicans comes over awareness of the current level of the Dow. Republicans also are more likely to correctly name Ben Bernanke as chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and know that Tim Geithner’s position is treasury secretary. In addition, a greater percentage of Republicans than Democrats know that Obama decided to increase the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and that Ford is the U.S. automaker that has not taken emergency government loans.