Yeah it's really amazing. In the last election, like just about every republican before him, Romney openly blasted the poor people who weren't paying taxes and argued that they should be paying their fair share while the rich people should get a break. This was an attack on a huge portion of his base and not only did they vote for him anyway, they were completely oblivious that they were in the group he was criticizing. These people who earn a net profit each year from the IRS were actually led to believe were paying too much in taxes and were being punished for their success
Democracy is an ineffective system if the citizens are too stupid to know what's best for them.