>IMHO, Regan was a great president.

said here so myself ;-)
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>but the candidates this century make me doubt your system in the electronic age...
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>At the beginning of the primary season, we actually had some very good candidates. Unfortunately, they did not gain enough traction and had to drop out. IMHO, 2 very good candidates at the beginning were Scott Walker and Bobby Jindal. In 2008, I also really liked Rudy Giuliani. I suppose that the fact that these very good candidates did not gain any traction also verifies the stupidity of the average American voter....

I still think there is more to it: the trend to PC in many countries evokes demagogues as a backlash, which are gaining more traction as many are turned off by the established faces and their newspeak. From Trump at your side to AfD over here, at least some of the hidden factors are the same.