American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's a big gap between public opinion polls and the vote in Washington, in Congress.
Four years is a long time in politics.
Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.
I kinda halfway paid attention to politics during my early years, but the older you get, the more you realize it's very important to pay attention to who gets elected. They can ruin the country.
Voters seem to understand what a big waste of time trying to change Washington is.
I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.
When dealing with American politics, you try to follow the money, and that's where it leads you. It doesn't take you to the electoral college or to Princeton. It takes you down the darker alleys of American life.
We have for the past year and undoubtedly will be for the next year, dealing with an electorate that is more alienated and more cynical than at any point in modern time.
Every four years in the presidential election, some new precedent is broken.
The media, the polls and our legislatures fortunately have short attention spans.