There is only one legitimate reason for this "illusion"... a sycophantic and psychotically protective "media", so invested in protecting their little ignorant affirmative action poster boy, that bad news has been pronounced as good. When Bush was in office and there was a spike in gas prices, you heard about it every time you saw a paper, magazine, turned on a radio or television; now... nothing. If something like Benghazi would have occurred on Bush's watch, you would have heard about it every night, including nightly interviews with the family and friends of those who killed; now... nothing.
There are literally thousands of examples that can be provided to explain the propogandist-driven indifference of the population. Meanwhile, idiots like Rush Limbaugh waste air time blathering about his so-called "theorem" and "low information voters". The reason the jug-eared communist is never blamed is due to his protective media, nothing more. And they're not "low information voters"... they are idiots, losers, parasites, and/or apathetic nitwits who care nothing about the country or our children's future; just because gutless wonders like Rush are afraid to call them what they are doesn't change the fact. The media is going to cover for this POS until he is out of office.
Good answer....I like the way you think..