When Voting, Think Local

[Ray From Cleveland]

Unfortunately, that is true. It is one of the drawbacks of democratic elections. It's said, citizens have a responsibility to vote. That responsibility should be to vote intelligently which means investigating who and what you're on. In many underdeveloped were illiteracy is high, there is little done to conduct fair elections where voters are informed on the qualifications of candidates and the truth about issues on the ballot.

Going back to the OP, you suspect your neighbor of only voting for the President. There is nothing wrong with that if he or she doesn't understand everything else. I would rather see him voting for just the President than filling out the entire thing without knowing WTF he's actually voting on. A lot of people don't understand politics. They understand sports, they understand movies, they understand shows, but not politics.

If it were up to me, you wouldn't be allowed to vote unless you took a simple test before getting your ballot. Nothing hard at all, just basic questions about current major policies and party leadership.