why are so many americans so stupid?

Question

when 40% claim to be evangelicals it should scare the crap out of you

Answer 1

It would be interesting to hear your definition of "evangelical" because I see nothing scary about it.

"Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible"

Now the people who want to shove their personal views down everyones' thoats are a pain, but most conservatives aren't like that. I never was. My father was a preacher & he wasn't like that.