The percentage of Americans who can’t name any First Amendment right has dropped from 36% to 29%, according to the First Amendment Center which conducts annual surveys of American attitudes toward the First Amendment.
Undertaken since 1997, this year’s ‘The State of the First Amendment: 2014’ is the 17th survey in the series.
Other key findings of the survey are:
- 68% of Americans name freedom of speech when asked to name the five specific freedoms, followed by 29% who say freedom of religion. A mere 14% mention freedom of the press, 7% say the right to assemble and only 1% name the right to petition.
- Those who could name freedom of speech and freedom of religion increased in 2014 from 59% to 68% and 24% to 29%, respectively. But the knowledge of right to petition and right of assembly decreased from 4% to 1% and 11% to 7%, respectively.
- Shockingly, 29% cannot name a single right guaranteed by the First Amendment.
See the full survey HERE.
