Econ Journal Watch reports some interesting findings from a 2008 survey of 4,835 American adults:    Economic Enlightenment …

The surveyors asked randomly selected adults a series of 8 questions to  determine correlations between economic knowledge and:

• * 2008 presidential vote,
  * party affiliation,
  * voting participation,
  * race or ethnic group,
  * urban vs. rural,
  * religious affiliation,
  * religious participation,
  * union membership,
  * marital status,
  * membership in armed forces,
  * NASCAR fandom,
  * membership in the “investor class,”
  * patronage at Wal-Mart,
  * household income, and
  * gender.

Conclusions:
Economic “enlightenment” (basic knowledge) was found to have no correlation with going to college.**

In contrast, economic “enlightenment” (basic knowledge) was highly correlated with the participant’s self-identified political ideology. Progressives and Liberals scored very differently than Conservatives and Libertarians.

How did you rank on the questions?***

How did you characterize your political ideology?
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Economic IQ & Political Ideology
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