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Just months before many college students will take part in their first Election Day, a survey has found a concerning amount of them don't actually know much about the background of what they're voting on.
For example, only 31% of the more than 3,000 students surveyed knew James Madison was a Founding Father of the Constitution, and 60% couldn't identify term lengths for members of the U.S. Senate or House of Representatives. Only 27% knew Vice President Kamala Harris is the president of the U.S. Senate, 35% knew the House Speaker is Mike Johnson and one-third incorrectly thought the Constitution required the Supreme Court to have nine judges, though it doesn't stipulate a number at all.
So how did we get here? Nicholas Giordano, a political science professor, told Scripps News his years of teaching have shown it's not surprising, as most of his students come to college without ever taking a government class or reading the U.S. Constitution. Data released by the National Center for Education Statistics last year found only 22% of students performed at a proficient level on a civics test, a first-ever decline in the assessment.What are the solutions? McGuire says the primary fix is changing educational practices.
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