That is a constant since I was a kid in the 50s....lots of dunderheads out there voting and the civics and american history went in one ear and out the other.
I do believe people are more aware now then when I was a kid.....many people are no longer accepting of the MSM, and are utilizing the internet and talk radio....this did not exist when I was a kid....
Really.. I no of few people even republicans that even know what socialism IS.. or that communism IS socialism..