Your point is a good one.
It has always been a reasonable expectation that the public education government has managed is to, in part, educate young people in the knowledge necessary to serve as good citizens. That knowledge must include the abilities to understand the structures and roles of government including the job descriptions of various elected officials. Broader knowledge gained through education should also enable each citizen the ability to critically evaluate candidates against the jobs to which they election.
One responsibility of good citizenship is to wisely evaluate candidates for elected office and determine which candidates have the best abilities and intentions to serve. That 100 million Americans don’t vote and that 69 million others’ votes are motivated by vacuous “hope and change” slogans or propaganda against candidates suggests they are not up to the tasks of competent voting or responsible citizenship. How can America sustain herself with such citizenry?
I think you and I both know the answer to that question. America cannot stay the mighty and just nation it has been with its current ignorant electorate.