Former Carter pollster: America is now “pre-revolutionary”

This is pretty unexpected stuff coming from President Carter’s former pollster Pat Caddell.  (Drudge has a link to the story also).  Regardless of whether or not America is indeed in a “pre-revolutionary” state of mind, one thing is for sure when only 17 percent of Americans believe the government is operating with the consent of the governed, it doubles the need to have elections which are free, fair and trusted.  It means election laws must ensure that people believe the outcome of elections represent the will of the majority of voters.  It means systems to ensure election integrity don’t face reactionary opposition.  It means that more people need to believe their votes count, no matter who ends up winning.  Seventeen percent is a staggeringly low number.  More people probably believe Elvis is still alive.