The books Democracy For Realists and then Why We Are Polarized cured me of remaining notions that any signicant fraction of people vote based on platforms, idea

The books Democracy For Realists and then Why We Are Polarized cured me of remaining notions that any signicant fraction of people vote based on platforms, ideas, policy. Federal and statewide races are about activating identities and anti-partisanship. We're lucky when people bother to vote down ballot.