Voter myths

1. Our voters are pretty smart.

2. Bill O'Reilly's viewers are dumber than Jon Stewart's.

3. If you just give Americans the facts, they'll be able to draw the right conclusions.

4. Voters today are smarter than they used to be.

5. Young voters are paying a lot of attention to the news.

 

And in conclusion:

Only 11 percent of the young report that they regularly surf the Internet for news. Maybe Obama shouldn't be relying on savvy young voters after all.

But then again, maybe he's not.

I had a conversation with one young voter who was all set to vote for Obama.  After 5 minutes spent listing issues, he was all set to vote for McCain.  People seem to be voting for Obama because it feels good, not because they know anything.