This is absolutely true. It is wild how many people I know that can name a half a dozen or more notable American Senators, Congresspersons and politicians and y

This is absolutely true. It is wild how many people I know that can name a half a dozen or more notable American Senators, Congresspersons and politicians and yet have barely any working knowledge of even Federal Canadian politics let alone the (arguably more relevant to their daily lives) Provincial and Municipal political issues and persons. The quality level of the discourse is as you'd expect, very low!