*I* never said anything about the electorate being dumb. Some may well be, but those who are genuinely dumb (read: incompetent to even understand basic issues) do not figure in MY opinion.

as to: "You certainly consider Tea Party supporters to be politically ignorant as well as racist and homophobic."

How do you know what I think about the tea party? Some are all of those sad things, but mostly they are just unrealistically and/or emotionally committed to shallow slogans and narrow special interest issues like guns & abortion.

"On the other hand, Obama hasn't done much (if anything) for them either.

Nonsense! If I wasn't too busy, I'd type out 3 paragraphs of explanation. In the meantime, Google will inform you.