Political Influentials vs General Electorate

"Many voters, in addition, feel remote from the centers of political decision and experience an acute sense of political futility. They know the political world only as a bewildering labyrinth of procedures and unceasing

turmoil  Influentials in which it is difficult to distinguish the just from the wicked, the deserving from the un-deserving. The political questions about which they are asked to have opinions are complex and thorny; every solution is imperfect and exacts its price; measures that benefit some groups invariably aggrieve others. The principles which govern the political process seem vague, recondite and impossible to relate to actual events. All this obviously deters voters from developing ideologically, from acquiring insights into the subtleties of the democratic process, and from achieving consensus even on fundamentals values."

 

 

I believe this statement is accurate because it seems that politicians want the people to show a disinterest in politics, to be as far a way as possible in the political world so they can be the only players in the game. To do so, they only expose the corruptive facade of politics, therefore people will start to react in a negative manner as far as politics are concerns. And I believe this will only make politicians more powerful because they will be the one leading the people, acquiring more power in the process, and they will have the authority to decide what it is best and what is not. The majority of them only defends their political interests and only care about whether they will be re-elected to a next term. They only reach out to their citizens during election period when they need their vote. And the political game starts all over again. I believe education plays an important role here, voters who attended college or have high education level tend to be more analytic, more open-minded about politics, and usually not always, can distinguish between a candidate that care about the public interest vs the one who has a hidden agenda with his own interest.