I think Obama has had a similar effect on many people ay today Carter did on your dad back then. Once people see a true dyed-in-the-wool Lefty in the White House and see how complicit the media is in forwarding an agenda that most Americans disagree with, it causes (honest and/or intelligent) people to ask questions and consider other options.
does it really matter how many voters barry runs off with his leftism if he controls the counting of the votes?
“... it causes (honest and/or intelligent) people to ask questions and consider other options.”
Since those categories have been supplanted by an expanding array of people who not only are neither, but are only interested in what benefits them in the form of their immediate gratification...an array that is certain to grow as the economy deteriorates or flattens...I suspect the phenom you’re hoping for is not going to happen. Whether out of ideaology or desperation; people are going to be backed into their own private corners where they will either gladly or reluctantly trade in their rights and their futures for the promise of government salvation...but surrender them, they will.