[Jagermonster]

It sickens me that Obama can still carry over 40% of voters after his disastrous and incompetent first term.

That is the power of the party brands. I'd speculate that no more than 20 percent of likely voters actually pay any attention to actual actions of their elected representatives. The rest vote for a (likely inaccurate) conception of "the party that represents me." Think of coal country Democrats and small business owner Republicans as examples.

[relictele]

Elected officials aside, anyone who can drive through Ohio (along decaying highways) and see failed businesses, empty storefronts, abandoned houses and fallow fields and still think the status quo is worth preserving should be charged with criminal ignorance.