When it comes to politics, Americans are idiots.
Because American voters are political ignoramuses, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders found it necessary to take the stage at Georgetown University last week to explain what socialism, and democratic socialism are. The point being that too many Democratic primary voters plan to cast their ballots for Hillary Clinton, not because they like her or her ideas, but worry that a self-declared socialist (or democratic socialist) won't be able to beat the Republican nominee in the general election.
Setting aside the rather idiotic idea of voting for a candidate because everyone else is voting for her — what's the point of holding an election, we might as well turn elected office over to the candidate with an early lead in the polls — I have to wonder whether an electorate that knows nothing about socialism is qualified to vote at all.