almost everyone you talk to is ingrained with the logic of only the middle can win. Its as if Republicans are once again in a huge circular firing squad each shooting at one another until only a rino is left.
Sign of the times. People are easily fooled by “ snake oil salesmen”.
Also the Twitter universe has created the impression that a short answer is the full answer, and the truth..
Some of us older dogs, don’t fall for that, and want a real discussion backed up by facts before we “ buy”
For sure the sheer ignorance among many voters is astounding.
Actually that is a tactic that is taught to candidates for dealing with interviewers:
Immediately give the one word answer, and then keep talking about what you want to say. Most good politicians have this down pat.