The average American reads at a 7th grade reading level. You can bitch about it being the electorate’s fault when you lose an election, but there have always been uneducated voters and there always will be. If you’re a politician, you need to be able to reach all kinds of people; not just those with graduate degrees.
Literacy is less of a problem than the ability to determine a reliable source. There have always been undereducated people and dishonest journalists, but the spreading of misinformation has expanded to an unprecedented degree. A large portion of the population lives in a fictional reality built by propagandists. We can’t even agree on objective facts anymore.
Democrats think doing politics is beneath them. They just need to be marginally better than Republicans and if they don’t get elected then it’s the voter’s fault.
The average American reads at a 7th grade reading level. You can bitch about it being the electorate’s fault when you lose an election, but there have always been uneducated voters and there always will be. If you’re a politician, you need to be able to reach all kinds of people; not just those with graduate degrees.
Literacy is less of a problem than the ability to determine a reliable source. There have always been undereducated people and dishonest journalists, but the spreading of misinformation has expanded to an unprecedented degree. A large portion of the population lives in a fictional reality built by propagandists. We can’t even agree on objective facts anymore.
Democrats think doing politics is beneath them. They just need to be marginally better than Republicans and if they don’t get elected then it’s the voter’s fault.