Is the average American voter smarter than 4 years ago?

[KentuckyWoman]

10. respectfully, I disagree

There are different kinds of smart. I have met people who will always be at the bottom rung economically because they somehow managed to get through high school without basic skills. For instance the ability to count out change for a dollar and knowing the difference between there, their and they're. Yet when the cheese hits the fan they show up with a casserole and a kind word. When someone is down, they notice and try to help.

On the flip side, I know someone with advanced degrees, world experiences, exposure to all sorts of cultures and people - and yet they get the vapers if someone brown shows up in the neighborhood without a leaf blower or a tool belt. Votes Republican exactly because they EARNED their wealth all by their lonesome with no help from anyone and by golly they don't want to provide even a penny toward anyone too lazy to be as special as they are. Total idiot... yet intelligent.

Everyone is unique. Yes I have been guilty of engaging in broad brushes, but I'd bet I was wrong every time.