Most Americans are not paying attention.
Most of the 100 million or so who will vote this November will not have been paying attention, at least to the details.
Slick advertisements work.
Propaganda works.
re: #10 HappyWarrior
Any organization needs, in these days, to understand that they are in fierce competition for their survival against an onslaught of competitors who are vying for superiority of place in our society. I fear that PP, like so many organizations which have been dependent upon a general liberalization of American society the past 4 decades, have become complacent in light of the stiff, religious, and zealous (unto death) opposition.