Democrats are a MINORITY in both houses of Congress!

[MineralMan]

57. Not as much as you think, really.

While almost all DUers are very interested in politics, a lot of DUers don't really know that much about how government actually operates, nor do they understand things like the Constitution very well. We learned that many DUers also didn't know much about the delegate selection process in 2016.

So, if many DUers don't know that stuff, it stands to reason that even a higher percentage of the general public doesn't have a clue.

The news media used to try to explain such things, but stopped doing that pretty much. I remember watching the 1960 Democratic Convention on TV. TV people were explaining how the process worked, in detail, helping viewers understand the whole convention caucus system. In 2016, there was little of that in the coverage.

Schools no longer teach Civics effectively. We're a nation that has little knowledge of how government operates, who can do what, and what things mean, politically.

We can't fix that here on DU of course, except with regard to DUers.