Sorry...but IMO, "most" Americans couldn't tell you the capital of the state they live in, nor their Congresscritters name.
IOW, and sadly they have no clue about the "electoral process"
The DemonRATs have no serious fix on the border problem. And this is why I called this the Achilles heel for the DemonRATs. Independents are more angry about the border problem than they are about the war in Iraq. If a candidate could cast themselves as an independent, outside the Washington Beltway non partisan, they could attract the independent voter. That candidate appears to be Fred Thompson.