2010 State of the Constitution: What Americans Know

In 2010, with funding from the Claude Moore Charitable Foundation, the Center for the Constitution at James Madison’s Montpelier conducted a survey of Americans' understanding of the Constitution and of attitudes toward the structure and function of our government.  

View a video presentation of "The State of the Constitution: What Americans Know."

Read the written Executive Summary (pdf).

Take the Survey now, online.

View a graphical report of topline results: easily printed PDF version -- Online version includes web survey results.

Listen to a discussion on the "The State of the Constitution: What Americans Know" on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show.

If you would like to sign up for a seminar on the Constitution at Montpelier, please click here. 

To return to the Claude Moore Lecture Series pages, click here.