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Where is Iran?

Based on a poll carried out by Morning Consult, just 23 percent of voters could correctly identify Iran.

Americans were asked to point to Iran on a map
Morning Consult

Where is North Korea?
1,746 Americans were asked to point out North Korea on a map. Just 36 percent got it right.

Where is North Korea?
nytimes.com

Where is Ukraine?
2,066 Americans were asked to point out Ukraine on a map. Just 16 percent got it right.

Where is Ukraine?
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Anne Butzen
Anne Butzen
7 years ago

Granddaughter of Ukrainian immigrants here, so yeah, I know where it is 🙂 Personally I’m glad that there are people who even know it exists. Back in the day when the USSR was still a thing, people would say, “Oh, you mean Russian, right?”

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