Pew Research Center March 2009 Political Knowledge Update Survey

The March 2009 Political Knowledge Update Survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press between March 26–29, 2009, with a nationally representative sample of 1,003 U.S. adults.

This survey focused on measuring the public’s political knowledge, using a set of factual questions about U.S. politics, current events, government officials, and economic conditions. The dataset includes variables recoded into a knowledge scale, allowing analysis of overall political knowledge levels among respondents.