Fewer than half Americans can name all three branches government, survey finds

1.

Which of the three branches of government do you know?

Executive

82%

1317 votes

Legislative

84%

1339 votes

Judicial

84%

1340 votes

I didn't know any

11%

175 votes

2.

The survey also found a decline in the number of respondents who could name any of the five freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. Which of the five freedoms under the First Amendment did you know?

Speech

89%

1422 votes

Religion

84%

1341 votes

Press

76%

1211 votes

Assembly

73%

1163 votes

The right to petition the government

50%

800 votes

I didn't know any of these

6%

100 votes

3.

Do you consider yourself well educated on either of these two topics?

Politics in general

42%

675 votes

The government and how it works

39%

629 votes

Neither

45%

718 votes