Imagine if, rather than blaming the "far left", (whatever you think that is),

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51. Ok, that's the problem. What's the solution?

I totally agree that a lot (if not the majority) or voters are lazy. But forcing information down people's throats is not going to persuade them to vote Dem. Obviously, they do not want to read, so they are getting their information from TV, social media, and water cooler discussions. The Republicans figured out how to control all three (yes, even water cooler discussions are controlled by Republican narrative). How do we wrest control away from them? Is it just a matter of throwing more money into advertising? Does it include hiring brilliant marketing people to develop and deploy memes at just the right time in just the right place so those water cooler discussions center around how good Dems are?

Even if we went in for all the high tech data mining and subtle influence techniques that Republicans used last year, I would feel weird about winning seats in this manner. There must be some way to get people excited about politics without resorting to trickery.

This is a very sad state of affairs.