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Cal Thomas: Ignorant voters: "A new Cato Institute study conducted by Ilya Somin, an assistant professor of law at George Mason University, concludes that voters are ignorant about the candidates and their positions and do not know enough about the issues to make an informed choice on Nov. 2.
Somin has compiled his analysis from several studies, all of which reveal a lack of knowledge by a majority of voters. He cites one study that showed 70 percent of respondents did not know that Congress recently passed and President Bush signed a Medicare prescription drug benefit, and that 58 percent said they knew 'nothing' or 'very little' about the controversial USA Patriot Act, despite a slew of TV commercials by the American Civil Liberties Union denouncing it.
How can people in a free society properly judge candidates, policies and issues if they know little or nothing about them beyond the images concocted by skilled media manipulators? Somin writes, 'Informed voters must have at least substantial understanding about which of the available policy options are most likely to advance their goals.'"
Somin has compiled his analysis from several studies, all of which reveal a lack of knowledge by a majority of voters. He cites one study that showed 70 percent of respondents did not know that Congress recently passed and President Bush signed a Medicare prescription drug benefit, and that 58 percent said they knew 'nothing' or 'very little' about the controversial USA Patriot Act, despite a slew of TV commercials by the American Civil Liberties Union denouncing it.
How can people in a free society properly judge candidates, policies and issues if they know little or nothing about them beyond the images concocted by skilled media manipulators? Somin writes, 'Informed voters must have at least substantial understanding about which of the available policy options are most likely to advance their goals.'"
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