To be honest, I have tried to avoid them. I still have very little interest in political matters. I have discovered, however, a growing interest in how Humans, especially Americans, use religion. We are in a unique time in the evolution of religious and spiritual belief. People see the options ahead of them, instead of the religious lineage behind them.
People pick and add what they like to how they view the world in a spiritual way.
I myself have integrated various ideals from numerous belief systems, attempting to find what works best in my state of mind. Perhaps someday there will be a total freedom of spiritual belief, but that idea is about as far away as a government where everyone is happy. That hippy in the store goes to yoga, eats his fat-free frozen yogurt, and if there is a problem, he consults his pendulum1. If everything works out, he will live his life without bugging anyone, and no one will bug him. That is how it should work, but it does not.