47% of Repubs don't believe that Africa and America were once part of the same continent...

[cynatnite]

http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/7/30/US/320

51% of Dems do.

[Lisa0825]

1. Actually that is higher than I would have expected. nt

[lame54]

24. much higher

[Liberal Veteran]

2. How sad that the gap isn't wider.

Only 51% of Dems?

Oh, the humanity!

[etherealtruth]

29. That was my first thought (wondering what the margin of error was?)

Sadly, many Americans are ignorant and proud of it

[Common Sense Party]

3. Still means that half of Americans are woefully ill-informed.

[GodlyDemocrat]

4. That is statistically insignificant

n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

32. If you mean the difference between Dems and Repubs is insignificant, then no

There's a big 'don't know' opinion for each, and one of the figure's in the OP is for 'yes', the other for 'no':

	YES	NO	NOT SURE
DEM	51	16	33
REP	24	47	29

[Blue_In_AK]

5. It's kind of sad that half of Americans haven't heard of Pangea.

Don't they watch the Science Channel or NatGeo?

[cynatnite]

6. NatGeo in HD is the only way to go....

but yeah, you're right.

Our education system is a poor one indeed.

[cloudbase]

7. Yeah,

but that was 6,000 years ago, and nobody really remembers back that far. Those aren't exactly stellar numbers for Dems, either.

[ladjf]

27. I believe that the break occurred about 80 million years ago. nt

[Beacho]

8. Didn't you know?

That there science and fancy book learnin' are tools of SATAN!

[Shagbark Hickory]

9. 95% of the people in this country think the world began in the garden of eden so. n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

10. That explains this ...

[cynatnite]

11. Oh, that is the best!

I'm taking it.

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Ha!

I like that one.

[Kind of Blue]

28. That's the funniest thing I've seen in a while!

Where on earth did you find it? Or did you make it up based on palinology? I love how huge Cuba is. Too funny. Thanks.

[tammywammy]

34. Is that another map from Fox News?

lol

[Botany]

12. just because S. Carolina & the coast of Africa share a common ....

http://geology.csupomona.edu/drjessey/class/Gsc101/pang...

geological structure only means that God did that or test our faith.

[ColbertWatcher]

19. "God did that or test our faith" Exactly. Wait, what? n/t

[elleng]

13. Nothing like education!

[Libertas1776]

15. Wasn't McCain born in

Pangaea?

[DefenseLawyer]

16. Talking snakes- yes. Geology- no. n/t

[spin]

17. Obviously we need to improve education...

or make watching the Science, History and Discovery channels mandatory.

[NoPasaran]

26. A large part of the programming on "History" Channel is total garbage

Stuff like how Nostradamus prophesied Bigfoot.

[spin]

30. I agree. The History Channel often panders to gain viewers. (n/t)

[jkshaw]

18. Didn't Maher say that 50% of the people in the US

believe Christianity came BEFORE Judaism? Never mind the Old Testament-New Testament complication.

[Life Long Dem]

20. The planet was all water at one time.

And then the ocean's poured out granite and lava forming land masses which collided. The ocean's are still pouring out molten rock. This was just on - I believe the History Channel?

[MADem]

21. No one took geography, apparently.

You can take all of the land masses and pretty much fit 'em together like a nice little puzzle!

[Thothmes]

22. Wonder what percentage of those living in Africa and South America

believe that Africa, North and South America were once part of the same continent

[Thothmes]

23. Using your figures

that means 53% of Repubs believe that Africa and America were once part of the same continent and 49% Dems believe they were not?

[ima_sinnic]

25. no, only 24% of R's do believe it, 29% are "unsure"

51% of D's believe it, 33% unsure

complete stats are at the kos link, broken down by many more demographic factors

[Thothmes]

33. My bad, thanks

[slackmaster]

31. Only 51%?

We are in deep, deep trouble.

K&U for failed attempt at indulging in group narcissism.