Paranoid prepars - their first reaction to a political ruling party they don't agree with is to arm themselves. Not intelligent enough to organize an effective political opposition. Nope, "get the guns Bubba, the guberment is coming" is their first respoonse.
The people who understand we are the government will always rule it. The rest will always be ruled by it.
If they had clung as hard to their text books as they do those guns and bibles, they probably wouldn't be so self-disenfranchised now.