One of the trade-offs in a political system like ours is that the most ignorant, prejudiced, self-satisfied, and least engaged citizen (what politicians quaintly refer to as the “low information voter”) gets to cancel out the vote of the smartest and most informed citizen.
Which means the guy who hates Europe, whose vocabulary still includes the word “nigger,” who believes God created the world in seven days, and who thinks America is God’s chosen country, cancels out the dedicated inner-city school teacher who dutifully volunteers at her community center. Makes you wonder if this was what Jefferson and Madison had in m....