I don't know where you live but I've been round pretty much all of this big island and I'll unequivocally state that the vast majority of folk I've met have "enough brains" to make decisions.
Perhaps you live in Southampton? I've never been there on principle but as they all support the scummers they must be pretty thick. I'd certainly deny scummers the vote till they see the light and switch allegiance to Pompey.
But the other side of your 'point', credible information, I totally agree with...as i've said many times before.
I'll repeat, this isn't about dumb people not being able to think, it's about a culture. A culture where the politicos and media lie through their teeth, where the education system does nothing to foster social conscience or political nouse, where post Thatcher it's dog eat dog, where self image is king and self confidence is trampled....I could carry this list on for a good while.
But none of this is down to people being too thick. Apart from the scummers.
I actually worry about people who think everyone else is thick!
And yes, I would rather us masses led than be led by fools who sign off on Trident, bail out greedy and lying banks, invade other countries, have no foot in reality....another list that could go on and on....and a lot of it feeds into the other list!