If only the people understood. Willful blindness.
Sheer idiocy and the desire to be taken care of. Occasionally, we collectively rise to something good, then we get a good governor like Sanders or DeSantis. Otherwise, it’s Hogans and Hochuls all the way, along with Newsoms and (Asa) Hutchinsons.
My grandparents were FDR liberals, but they’re likely still spinning in their graves fast enough to power their entire hometown of Damascus, Maryland.