Should Citizens have to pass the basic Civics and Government test used for citizenship to Vote?

[Hawked]

Great idea! Just like Lincoln said....of the people who can read, by the people who can read, for the people who can read

 

[ping72]

Which party is more educated, on average?

HS or less is 56-39 Trump
Some college 48-46 Trump
College grads 53-42 Harris
Postgrad is 62-33 Harris

Trump is favored among older voters and men; Harris performs better among younger voters, women

www.pewresearch.org

 

[gohawks50]

US Citizenship Practice Test

Take a US citizenship test with 10 practice questions. Test your knowledge of US government, history, and civics with this randomized question set.

civicsquestions.com

 

[soybean]

No.

 

[millah_22]

How basic? like 10 questions they can do on their computer like a driving test that they can do as many times as they want until they pass? Then sure.

Anything more than that, then no.

 

[OILCHECKER]

An amendment is in order...anyone who couldn't pass that basic test has no business voting.

I assume you are in favor of testing everyone wanting to purchase a gun or who owns a gun on weapons/gun safety training?

 

[OILCHECKER]

Doesn't seem like much of a "barrier" to me and would at least ensure voters have a basic knowledge of how the government works.

Why do they need this knowledge to be able to vote?

 

[Finance85]

Not necessarily but there are potential issues. The biggest is the constitution says that every citizen over 18 gets the right to vote. . . not every citizen who can pass a test gets the right to vote.

The Constitution doesn't say that. It says they are eligible to vote, and limits reasons why they can't be prohibited from voting. There's a difference.