It seems that voters have been disenchanted ever since they had the opportunity to elect Barack Obama president. In 2008, the country was war-weary, terrified of its financial state, and eager to change its polarizing politics. In 2010, it was worried about its solvency, agitated by a law of unprecedented scope, and skeptical of the concentration of power in Washington. In 2012, it was weary of the partisan wars, and yet billions of dollars were spent to send the same combatants back to work. By 2014, little was different. Republicans were then awarded full control of Congress. It’s now 2016, and the GOP base doesn’t seem terribly impressed with the results.
How fitting that now, on the first day of another election process, storm clouds are gathering in Iowa. It was just eight years ago that voting was supposed to be such a sunny occasion.
