This is a subject which will get one into a wealth of trouble trying to analyze why some vote one way and others vote another. Polls try their damnedest to predict which way the political winds will blow and a lot of time they are blowinbg in the wind, with no rationale for the direction of their votes.

One of many favorite quotes over the years has been, “Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of Ignorance”. Unfortunately, it appears that some American voters are cultivating the hell out of ignorance. You think not? Look at the recent Democratic game where one set of Dems lost and they immediately state that they will vote Repub because of the loss. Where is the logic in that? What part of the Repub platform would be appealing to a Dem? I realize that it was just the anger and the hurt of losinbg that caused these statements, but there are still those Dems that will vote Repub. Still working on that one.

A friend has called many American voters as “Moron” voters, I personally like the term “Low Information Voter”. It just seems more polite and will avoid much of the hate mail that one would receive if the term was actually used. Unfortunately, the term fits if you look back at some of the voting patterns of the American people.

To illustrate my point of the “low information” voter. Party affiliation provides a useful cue for voters, particularly the least informed and interested, who can use the party as a shortcut or a substitute for trying to understand the issues that they have little chance of comprehending in the first place. Even the more educated and more involved voters also use the party affiliation because, no one has the time to analyze every aspect of the campaign. Basically, most voters ay that the campaigns are long and hard and that they do not have the time to become fully aware of the totality of each candidate.

The American voter shows little interest in a third party entering into the picture. Why? The two party system makes it easier for the American voter in the polling booth. Why? A coin only has two sides.