“:I’m surprised at times how little some conservative voters know about what’s going on”
Yep. Unfortunately, most people take their news from the left or the right and never figure out what the truth really is, but they can tell you sports scores and pop culture TV happenings.
...but they can tell you sports scores and pop culture TV happenings.
And that's the problem. "Truth" is so depressing that people of all stripes avoid it -- especially when they feel they can't do anything about it all. Instead, they focus on dreams, fun and happiness, which brings joy to their hearts.
Sports can be fun even when your team loses, because you can carp about the players that made the mistakes. (Ever think why so many New Yorkers were Mets fans back in 1962-8? Or why the term "Monday morning quarterback" came to be?)
Is it mature? No. But after so much doom and gloom, you want to just shut the negative out. Remember that this is just as true in politics as in other parts of life. Look at the love people have of scandals. They don't talk about the false employment numbers around the water cooler, they talk about who got caught with their fingers in the cookie jar.