Report: 28% of Americans Under 25 Can’t Find George Bush On Map

A startling new study released today indicated that 36% of Americans under 25 believe that "GeorgeBush" is a physical location instead of the President of the United States and that most of those young people cannot identify "GeorgeBush" on a map.

Everett Stallmyer, Vice Chair For College Polling of the NCAA, told a hastily arranged Indianapolis news conference that more than a quarter of young Americans either did not know or did not believe, when informed by pollsters, that “George Bush” was actually a person, not a place, and was in fact the current President of the United States.

“We at the NCAA are fully aware of the miniscule knowledge base possessed by today’s college graduates,” Stallmyer said, “but this was shocking, even to us.”

Stallmyer said that 11% of those surveyed believed that “GeorgeBush” was either a small town in West Texas or a coastal fishing village in southern Maine. In related findings:

13% of Americans under 25 believe that the office of the President is currently vacant.

27% believe that Barack Obama has been President since June.

14% believe that Bill and Hillary Clinton are the same person.

18% believe that John McCain is the lead singer of a band whose name they cannot remember.

11% believe that George Bush was the King of England during the American Revolution, which took place, according to 45% of those polled, during the late 1970s.

Of the 32% of the Americans under 25 who say they will vote in the general election in November, 11 are registered.

“That’s 11 people,” Stallmyer explained, “not 11% percent. This leads us to believe that Presidential candidates courting the youth vote may wish to spend more time on voter registration drives, or at least on explaining to younger voters that if they do intend to vote, that registration is highly recommended.”