Political Issues Ranked by Importance

[MineralMan]

7. Or maybe "concerns."

I suspect that Citizens United and Glass-Steagall don't even register, except for a very small percentage of voters. Very small, indeed. I suspect that if you polled the population, you'd get over 95% who didn't even know what those two things are, and less than 1% who could say two coherent sentences about them. DU is a tiny, more informed segment of the population. We're also a very tiny part of the voting public. For most voters, "The Economy" is an issue, but they don't know much about what that means.

The problem is that most people don't know anything much about economics or any other major topic. So, they don't break it down into the smaller issues that control those major topics. That's why you only hear glittering generalities, for the most part, from candidates. Campaigns aren't aimed at knowledgeable voters. They're aimed at voters who don't really understand the subjects being discussed.