New Poll: Only 56% of Americans can name all 3 branches of gov't - the most in 15 years | American Military News

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

44% : The survey also asked respondents to correctly list the five rights protected under the first amendment.
44% : 30 percent knew the first amendment also protects the right to assembly, a drop from 34 percent last year.
43% : 74 percent of respondents correctly listed freedom of speech as one of the rights of the first amendment, up from 48 percent in 2017.
43% : 20 percent knew the first amendment protects the right to petition.
43% : "Higher proportions of the public have a foundational awareness of the three branches and the protections in the First Amendment," Kathleen Hall Jamieson, the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania, said of the survey results.
41% : 56 percent of respondents also knew the first amendment protects the freedom of religion.
39% : 50 percent knew the first amendment protects the freedom of the press.

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