Civics, Shmivics

The Reading Eagle newspaper has an old editorial on an unrelated matter, but this is what caught my eye:

...a survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures found that 64 percent of people between the ages of 15 and 26 could identify the winner on American Idol, but only 40 percent could name the party that controls Congress.

Well, that's inspiring: given a 50-50 chance to name the correct party, GenY got it wrong more than half the time.