Just How Stupid Are We?: Facing the Truth About the American Voter - Tapa blanda

Fifty percent of Americans can name four characters from aaC--A"The Simpsons,aaC--Au but only two out of five can name all three branches of the federal government. No more than one in seven can find Iraq on a map. Just how stupid are we? Pretty stupid. In Just How Stupid Are We?, best-selling author Rick Shenkman takes aim at our great national piety: the wisdom of the American people. American democracy is as direct as it's ever beenaaC--"but voters are misusing, abusing, and abdicating their political power. At once a powerful indictment of voter apathy and political indifference, Just How Stupid Are We? also provides concrete proposals for reforming our institutionsaaC--"the government, the media, civic organizations, political partiesaaC--"to make them work better for the American people. But first, Shenkman argues, we must reform ourselves.