It has nothing to do with the masses; it has to do with the individual. Nor does it have anything to do with right or wrong. You are just trying to deflect with your response by reading in or inserting something that is not there.
If the individual perceives his/her situation to be bad, the/she will act accordingly. If he/she perceives it to be good, he/she will act accordingly. [That is not a right or wrong issue, not is it a masses issue.]
When the voter goes in to the voting booth.... [read the rest of my original post]
Maybe you’re talking about individuals. I’m talking about the mass-media consuming sheep who make up the vast majority of the population. You know, the ones who decide elections. And they believe whatever the box facing the couch tells them to believe.
See the polling data on the economy prior to the 2006 mid-terms if you need some evidence.