For most Americans the answer is a definite: NO!
So, why should we respect polling data based on these peoples opinions?
Why indeed do we even let them vote on candidates and important policies that effect those of us who are smarter than a fifth grader...?
Is it that the power elites feel they can control "the stupids" with high priced advertising...and infamous "wedge issues" that appeal only to the ignorant and less informed...?
I have often said that I would like to see "polling data" prefaced with an opening question that acts as a "qualifier"...to see if the respondent is truly informed...or at least "attached" to the intellectual knowledge base needed for an intelligent answer...
For example, if polled on an question in quantum physics,...I could not give an informed opinion on anything... So what should my incompentent answer be valued at...?
Perhaps less than zero...!
My qualifier questions would be very simple...
What are the three branches of government? How many senators does each state have? What century did the Civil War occur in? Who came first Teddy Roosevelt or Franklin Roosevelt...?
Presently, ALL RESPONSES are given the same "weight" in our polling data...
I SUPPOSE WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS:
WHAT DOES "INFORMED OPINION" SAY...NOT THE MASS OPINION OF THE UNINFORMED.
SINCE WE ALL KNOW THAT THE AVERAGE AMERICAN GLORIES IN THEIR IGNORANCE...
AND IS NOT "SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER!"
Postscript: If you happen not to be smarter than a fifth grader? I have an easy fix for your problem... Simply memorize the opinions expressed on this blog. Repeat them over and over; until you have them down to "talking points"... And start repeating them at your local bars, resturants and social events! People will immedately suspect you have a PhD, or are a lot smarter than you look. And you don't have to do any of the reading and other work that makes Progressives think the way they do. And you will have the pleasant experience of knowing you are tearing down the Great Wall of Public Ignorance that the Washington Elites have constructed one brick at a time....
