For a lot people, the current political situation in the country feels disconnected from their everyday lives, schedules and goals.
But even for those who are high-efficacy voters and who follow public policy discussions, there’s also a growing disconnect between what they believe elected officials and governments should be accomplishing and what really seems to be happening.
Suzanne Mettler is a professor in the Government Department at Cornell University and author of " The Government-Citizen Disconnect."
