>>If you put "We need a national defense system to prevent little green men from Mars from polluting our green cheese during transit from the moon" you'd likely get about a 50/50 vote - UNLESS you've made a specific appeal to a "focus group" of voters who really care ('cause the preacher/mayor told them to in recent cases).<<

Yeah, we saw this in action in 2004 when voters were asked, "Is the asswipe who stole the last election fit to continue as chief executive?"