denver brunsman. [applause] from the ashbrook center at ashland university, we have dr. tim haglund. take a seat, dr. haglund. [applause] from mckinley technology hi in -- high school here in washington dc, we have the 2019 history teacher of the year, miss alicia butler. [applause] >> i'm going to take my seat next to you. thanks for being here. kristen: mr. doherty, give us a sense of the data. how would you rate overall knowledge about civic engagement. based on everything i have read, we are getting better but have a long way to go. professor doherty: it often depends, as the annenberg survey showed, our survey, all surveys about civic literacy and political awareness, it depends on how u.s. the question. -- how you ask the question. but it is a mixed bag. last year we did a major survey on democracy. how the public views democracy. one question we asked, what is important to be a good citizen? obviously, voting. 91% say that is important. look at the darker bars. this is where you see variance. 49% say it is very important to follow what happens in government and po