I have to stop reading polling data or I am going to have a stroke. Why would women vote for the Republicans for the first time since they started polling that question in 1982? Are they into being curbstomped? How can 75% of the electorate have no opinion of the man they are about to make third-in-line to the president? Isn’t who you want as Speaker of the House kind of central to who you vote for? How can the people overwhelmingly think that the Republicans are better at balancing the budget? Did they not live through the Bush years?
I know everyone has a theory about the polls and why they are the way they are, but the biggest problem we have is a simple lack of civil engagement. People need to find the time and the brain cells to give a damn. I do my best to try to help people understand how Washington works. I know very well that even people who are trying to be informed are getting deluged with misinformation. But it’s just pathetic how little people know.
