“My experience is that most of the people who get really upset about the current leadership of our nations tend to be folks who haven’t spent much time either as an activist or as someone working for a candidate. What happens instead is they immerse themselves in on-line news and commentary.”
It’s also just anecdotal, and in my equally-anecdotal experience, wrong. I’ve worked on political and activism campaigns, but I absolutely whine about leaders who suck. So does everyone else I’ve worked with.