That's not exclusive to the US. Every country has citizens that do that. Furthermore - since we have such a well-tuned two party system, there's always about 5

That's not exclusive to the US. Every country has citizens that do that. Furthermore - since we have such a well-tuned two party system, there's always about 50% of people that feel at least a little disenfranchised. We've had good presidents on both sides and terrible presidents on both sides. Either way, you can rarely tell until you look back through the prism of history. Our media amplifies the divisiveness because it plays off of psychology and works for them.