I don’t know if “ignorance” or better yet “stupidity” can be fought against effectively.
It is not what they do not know that hurts them, it is what they do know that is not so.
I listened to the whole tape. While the caller denied it, I thought the underlying tone came down to one thing: She voted for Barack Obama because he is black.
I base this on two statements.
One, she said that Barack Obama could be the president of all the people, code that a white guy cannot represent black people.
Two, she said that he needed four more years to fix the economy, code that we cannot let the first black president fail.
This was exacerbated by her belief that their was not much difference between Obama and Romney. Given that she did not see that much difference, a slight racial bias helped her make the decision. Many have said, why vote for Democrat lite when you can vote for full strength Democrat? This is a variation on that theme.
My daughter called me the night of the election to say....I told you so. She had told me that her generation, she is 31, would reelect Obama. My only response was....I underestimated the stupidity of the voters.