70%
2025 (latest)
CAN NAME ALL THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
percent of adults naming all three branches (online panel) · 2022–2025 · higher is better · Annenberg Public Policy Center, Constitution Day Civics Survey
72%
2022
72%
high · 2022
65%
low · 2024
−2.0 pts
since 2022
online eraphone eraAPPC's parallel 2022 run measured both — a ~25-point mode effect, so the eras are never joined
Method & caveats. "Would you mind naming any of them, the three branches of government?" — percent of all respondents naming executive, legislative, and judicial, from APPC's annual Constitution Day survey (SSRS Opinion Panel, self-administered online, fielded each August–September). The survey moved from telephone to this online panel: APPC's own 2022 parallel run measured 72% online against 47% by phone (~25-point mode effect) and says the online years "will not be presented as part of a historical trend" with the phone years — so the phone era is a separate line (appcBranchesPhone) and the two are never joined. The 2022 value here is that parallel online reading.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/political-communication/civics-knowledge-survey/
- https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/APPC_Con_Day_Topline_2023_final.pdf
- https://www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/Constitution_Day_Topline_2025.pdf
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Societal-Health
Data
| Year | Can Name All Three Branches of Government | Can Name All Three Branches (phone era) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70% | — | +5.0 pts |
| 2024 | 65% | — | −1.0 pts |
| 2023 | 66% | — | −6.0 pts |
| 2022 | 72% | 47% | — |
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