You call that surreal. Yet it is the blanket ignorance of this fact which underwrites the U.S.'s failed attempts to defeat insurrections. Frankly, it is this inorance which begat Vietnam, yet here I am on a liberal/progressive web site making an argument which was common in the 60s, 70s, 80s and on up. Liberals seem to dump their historical lessons faster than an old Windows system. No wonder we get into so many wars.

I probably would agree with you about the policies and extremist ideologies "voted in," though the reason has probably less to do with the superior numbers of these voters, and more to do with an opposition which is less than "surreal," it seems to have so little presence as to not register on many "real" gauges.