With an average of 60% of the population not even voting, what would you expect? They stopped teaching in the 1980's, civics or social studies. The majority of the population vote more on things like American Idol than they do for their representatives. Trump motivated a lot of people, so did Bernie, with their populist appeal, but for the most part, Americans are not participating , which is why the movement has to be done locally. I admit, I did not understand much beyond rhetoric until I moved to a small town, and went to Town meetings, to see what local control can do.
With an average of 60% of the population not even voting, what would you expect? They stopped teaching in the 1980's, civics or social studies. The majority of the population vote more on things like American Idol than they do for their representatives. Trump motivated a lot of people, so did Bernie, with their populist appeal, but for the most part, Americans are not participating , which is why the movement has to be done locally. I admit, I did not understand much beyond rhetoric until I moved to a small town, and went to Town meetings, to see what local control can do.
...valid observation....