I'm not saying education is better or worse than in the past, just that (in general) it's not up to the task of producing an electorate capable of voting ration

I'm not saying education is better or worse than in the past, just that (in general) it's not up to the task of producing an electorate capable of voting rationally. After all, it's often people of retirement age you see holding those anti-Obamacare signs. Their basic education did happen 60-odd years ago and it clearly failed them.