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I meant to include this one in the "list" because I run up against it from time to time also:

I vote for the person; not the party.
Great! How do you arrive at your decision?
Uh, I read the paper and watch the news...
Depending on the individual, it may or may not be appropriate to allow ourselves a brief rant on the evils of the Propaganda Ministry. You might kinda feel 'em out on this. Otherwise, about the best we can do with this is to throw a few rocks at the media. Plant the seed of incrediblity. I suspect that most of these folks actually leave out another source of information; i.e., they listen to other people that appear knowledgable and informed! That could and should be US.

FGS

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, followed always by a dictatorship..." -- Alexander Fraser Tytler

This is Vermont politics in a nutshell. This is why Bernie Sanders, the (at least he's honest about it) Socialist, will be voted into Congress once again, barring a miracle turnout from Moderates who support Bill Meub, running as a Republican.

Those who vote for Bernie are still in the infantile "me, myself, and I" stage of politics, regardless of their age. They are unwilling (and unable, in many cases, thanks to public school) to discuss the history or the future of Socialism. They only want to know that their welfare check (in all its guises) is in the mail on time.

[Insert heavy sigh here.] We are working on educating them.