The quickest way to have everyone become an instant politician is mention that you are a registered Republican.
I see people glance at the hair and skin and then prepare for the barrage of insults about my choice of registration. When they ask why I’m a Republican, I usually flip it to ask why they are Democrat. They sputter something about Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama.
Whatever.
For the armchair politicians, here’s a quiz to determine how well you know politics.
Taken from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, these are the questions asked to those who want to become a United States Citizen. The summer helper in our office could only answer two of these.
- How many can you answer?
- Name one branch or part of the government.
- What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
- Who is in charge of the executive branch?
- Who makes federal laws?
- What are the two parts of the U.S. Congress?
- How many U.S. Senators are there?
- We elect a U.S. Senator for how many years?
- Who is one of your state’s U.S. Senators now? Bonus: What about the District of Columbia?
- The House of Representatives has how many voting members?
- We elect a U.S. Representative for how many years?
- Name your U.S. Representative.
Answers to these questions tomorrow plus another set.
I did ok, I could answer everything with confidence except number ten, but I did a Google search and now am on the money. I said 436 instead of 435. I tease you a lot about your party and football team, but I do respect your right to be who you want and part of the party of your choosing. It is good that you do your part to make people politically aware. Maybe they will get past the skin and hair to the issues eventually.