Comment by saaaaaam

>Lots of public statements which are obviously false, and you would think the politician knows they are false, but utter them anyway because they also know lot of their supporters buy what they are saying anyway.

Yes, we truly live in a “post truth” era.

> But, I wonder if this leads to a two-party-system where one party attracts stupid followers and another attracts the smarter ones?

I think all political parties aim at the lowest common denominator.