alt Hacker NewsAs far as I'm aware, regular Americans outnumber American elites and only have one vote each regardless. The people elected Trump, not the elites.
Even if the elites are the only ones funding political campaigns, we expected more from regular Americans to vote on facts, rather than ads.
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The problem is greatly exacerbated by two-party system. If there was a solid third or fourth choice, then at least people wouldn't be given two bad (in their opinion) choices. Many people don't vote at all, being disillusioned with the voting system.
Can we do something about it? The winner-takes-all Electoral College certainly contributes to two-party system [1] and to narrow margins [2]. There are two states who don't do winner-takes-all (Maine and Nebraska), and we can force all states to split their electoral votes.
[1] https://www2.law.temple.edu/lppp/electoral-college-two-party...
[2] https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/108/3/727/11948...
That is a high expectation of people being driven by predictable human emotions, lacking the ability to think critically through everything in front of them.
The real issue of our media landscape (information feeds controlled by the elite), probably could have been nipped in the bud some years ago but it may be a little too late for that.