Can You Locate Iran? Few Voters Can

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Post by vo2maxer » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

Can You Locate Iran? Few Voters Can
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Post by juped » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:00 PM UTC

This sort of poll is perennial but never says anything interesting, imo.

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Post by rwem » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

juped wrote: post #2

This sort of poll is perennial but never says anything interesting, imo.

I get the impression from the map of responses that many respondents were taking the piss. Who really thinks Iran is Greenland?

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Post by mc32 » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

juped wrote: post #2

This sort of poll is perennial but never says anything interesting, imo.

It’s akin to asking Iranians, can you point out Missouri [or Texas or Calif] on a map?

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Post by ianleeclark » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

juped wrote: post #2

This sort of poll is perennial but never says anything interesting, imo.

There were a worrying amount of people clicking on the water.

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Post by jiveturkey » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:03 PM UTC

Not at all surprising. Sad, but not surprising.

How many voters know who the Secretary of State is? How many voters know who their local congress critter is? I guarantee the numbers are similarly dismal.

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Post by throw0x1away » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC

Everyone who knows how to read and know an approximate location of the middle east will be able to locate it.

Not sure what's the point though? Is it to highlight how stupid average American voters are? That's a broad generalization and just a blunt offense.

Also how is it an indicator of anything? 99% I Iranians wont be able to locate Wyoming. So what?

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Post by jiveturkey » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

mc32 wrote: post #4

juped wrote: post #2

This sort of poll is perennial but never says anything interesting, imo.

It’s akin to asking Iranians, can you point out Missouri [or Texas or Calif] on a map?

It's not at all like that. Missouri is irrelevant to international politics. (don't tell the farmers that though)

It's more akin to asking Iranians, can you point out Ukraine?

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Post by csours » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

47% supported the strike? How could they possibly have had enough information to support it?

Iran = Bad

Man from Iran = Bad

Kill Man from Iran = Good???

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Post by dmitriid » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 5:05 PM UTC

"Ah, war. It's God's way of teaching Americans geography" [1]

And not just Americans. Anyone, really.

[1] Attributed to many people, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/05/19/geography/ I heard it from in a Daily Show segment on Russia-Georgia war in 2008.