I could have written this myself. The problem isn’t Washington or some conspiracy. The problem is with the citizenry at large, including all of us to lesser or greater extent.
We have a system where supposedly the dumbest 10% of the 50-60% of eligible voters who bother to vote decide national elections. The swing voters are who all the campaign propaganda is meant to sway, because they are dumb enough to be swayed by things like that. And the real kicker is that if we had higher turnout things would no doubt be even worse, because one has to think a higher % of the ones who don’t vote now are going to be also dumb and swayable.
Freegards
...And public education.