yeah, basically the only way to vote informed is to spend several hours researching the candidates and their values, ballot measures' implications, etc.
before the internet that shit must have been goddamn near impossible.
it's a lot to ask of a population who is largely overworked, underpaid, and alienated from their communities to the point where having a few uninterrupted hours is a fucking luxury few of us have even occasionally. and usually we want to spend those hours with friends and family... so doing something boring like voter research is a hard sell
ironically, informed voting is one of the ways we could start to chip away at free time scarcity

i love shitposts that are way more well-written than they have any business being haha