Oh god, you just perfectly summed up the two-party system. Why do you see so many negative attack ads? Because in a two-party system, it's easier to convince you not to vote for someone than it is to vote for someone. So you convince them to vote against your opponent, and you're the only other choice. That's how all the democrats and republicans operate. All democrats are evil, or all republicans are evil, and all their ideas are bad, so instead of having constructive dialogue about problems, they just focus on telling you what is wrong with the other side. That exact set of circumstances is what leads a Ted Cruz to say 'Net Neutrality is Obamacare for the internet' without regard to what Net Neutrality is, how it works, or what is best for the internet and the country. Obama is for it? I better do my best to convince everyone how bad it is.