A Third Of Americans Still Can’t Name The 3 Branches Of Government studyfinds.com

In A Nutshell
35 percent of U.S. adults can’t name all three branches of government, a figure statistically unchanged from 2024 and 2025.
Freedom of speech is the only First Amendment right a majority can name, and recognition of it fell from 79 percent to 73 percent in a year.
A quarter of adults mistakenly think the right to bear arms is a First Amendment protection; it’s actually the Second Amendment.
Most adults correctly answered the survey’s birthright-citizenship question, an issue now before the courts (76 percent), and most also knew constitutional protections extend to immigrants without legal status (56 percent).