Late night comics such as Jay Leno and his successor, Jimmy Fallon, have long relied upon man-on-the-street interviews to demonstrate how comically ignorant average Americans can be on a variety of subjects, but especially politics.
A news crew took that premise one leap forward by interviewing college kids at the prestigious American University in Washington. The reporter asked one simple question: “Can you name a U.S. Senator?”
The results were rather astounding. Even political science majors could not answer this simple question.
Watch the video here.
