Introduction: Rational Voters and Irrational Experts.Large swaths of the US electorate are voting for rational choices against a system controlled by an economic and political oligarchy.
Rational choice is based on experience with political leaders who pursue policies which lead to a trillion dollar financial crises and bailouts which impoverish millions of mortgage holders and working family tax payers. Rational rejection of the established leadership of the major parties is based on an understanding of the futility of relying on their campaign promises.