*Suppose* Democrats' biggest problem was an idiot/bigoted electorate... [View All]

How to solve?

I say "suppose" because many, if not most around here don't actually believe that. For this thread, just suppose it to be so.

It strikes me as a tough nut largely because of the chicken-egg issue: to get better leaders, you need a better electorate, but to get a better electorate you need better leaders (putting in wise policies).

Or to put it another way, idiot/bigots vote for idiot/bigots.

So I'm curious to hear about possible ways to break out of this vicious cycle. In some sense, time is of the essence. That is, it took 100 years to get from abolition to Civil Rights. I don't think solutions of the form "wait for 100 years" are the most helpful here. Unless that's all there is, of course...