Less than a quarter of US voters can identify Iran on a world map, says poll

A recent poll conducted by Morning Consult/Politico shows less than a quarter of American voters kw where actually Iran is on world map.

United States may potentially go to war with Iran and people would assume that at least American voters by w would kw where Iran is on world map as entirety of ir media is talking about current escalation with Islamic country. poll doesn't seem to be in any way linked to political affiliations of American voters. 

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Almost 2,000 American voters took poll and majority of m couldn't pinpoint Iran on an unlabelled map of world. People even went as far away as United Kingdom and Russia to point out Iran. Some placing Iran in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Romania, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Yemen, Oman, Turkey, Syria, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain. Most of people who took poll placed Iran in Iraq, which is a proxy battleground for Saudis and Iranians. 

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