A man on the street interview segment on CBS: This Morning on Tuesday revealed several people are unaware of basic information about the U.S. Constitution and government.
“I don’t know, 12?” one person responded when asked by CBS’s Tony Dokoupil how many members served in the House of Representatives.
“Fourteen?” another person said.
One woman in the video was unable to name more than one branch of government, and another man was unable to name a Supreme Court justice and was unaware that the court had a “chief.”
“The vast majority of people were stumped,” Dokoupil said about the interviews.
CBS asked Americans what they know about the Constitution. The results are scary. pic.twitter.com/l5yzuTaVog
— Scott Whitlock (@ScottJW) January 19, 2021
Polling last year showed that only 51% of people know that the Supreme Court has the final say on the constitutionality of an action taken by the president, which is down from 61% in 2019.
Additionally, only 54% of people know that a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling means a law needs to be followed, which is down from 59% in 2019.
