Top Highlights

• the most important challenges facing modern democratic government: the problem of widespread political ignorance.
• the evidence of widespread political ignorance in America
• relatively affluent Americans wield vastly disproportionate influence over the political system.
• MUCH EVIDENCE SUGGESTS that there is widespread public ignorance about politics in America.
• maybe voters do not need much in the way of knowledge. Perhaps they can make good decisions even if they know very little.