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11/09/2007: "Democracy doesn't work 4/10 realize in USA"

Fewer than six-in-ten (57%) say they have a good deal of confidence in the wisdom of the American people when it comes to making political decisions, a seven-point decline over the past decade and a much steeper 20-point decline since 1964.

[ 40% of Americans have figured out that the Crowd will never figure it out. ]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pew/20071107/ts_pew/57decliningconfidenceinpoliticalwisdomofamericans

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on Friday, November 9th, Steve said

The quality of the people since 1964 has also dropped. A qualified opinion will be present much more frequently with higher quality people, so the 20% drop could just be an adjustment for the declining capabilities of the recent multicultural population.