Hall: Today’s Voters Less Informed

“America the gullible.” Bill Hall repeated the phrase several times Saturday at the Coeur d’Alene Casino, while speaking at the 11th annual North Idaho Democracy Dinner hosted by the Kootenai County Democrats. Hall, a former political columnist and longtime editorial page editor for the Lewiston Tribune, said he’s troubled by today’s electorate. “They have abandoned their homework as voters,” Hall said to the roughly 150 people at the dinner. Today’s voters are less informed and more self-absorbed, he said, and it is the voters themselves who are responsible for breeding “uncommonly cowardly members of Congress,” whose greatest fear is that they will have to leave Congress. It is a fear that causes the politicians to bow down to lobbyists and “group think” rather than stand up for what they believe in, Hall said/ Maureen Dolan , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Do you agree with Lewiston Tribune columnist Bill Hall that today’s voters are self-absorbed and less informed?