America votes for Declaration

Dec. 30, 2003 12:00 AM

More than 300,000 votes were cast as part of an initiative titled, "The People's Vote: 100 Documents that Shaped America." The vote was sponsored by the National Archives, National History Day, and U.S. News & World Report.

The documents that received the top five votes and the percentage of votes each received:


• Declaration of Independence, 76%.

• U.S. Constitution, 69%.

• Bill of Rights, 68%.

• Louisiana Purchase Treaty, 34%.

• Emancipation Proclamation, 33%.