Poll after poll decade after decade has shown the average American to be quite ignorant. The fact we live in a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy is l

Poll after poll decade after decade has shown the average American to be quite ignorant. The fact we live in a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy is lost on the vast majority of the citizens. Only 40% can name the three branches of government, and far less than that can correctly describe the powers enumerated to the branches by the Constitution. http://www.alternet.org/story/90161/ignorant_america%3A_just_how_stupid_are_we http://www.alternet.org/story/90161/ignorant_america%3A_just...