Fear and Paranoia won with the recent election: Ebola and ISIL were not even on the ballot.

http://www.alternet.org/apocalypse-election-fear-and-paranoia-won-tuesday-though-ebola-and-isil-were-not-ballot?akid=12447.294211.TaZdPB&rd=1&src=newsletter1026092&t=3

I will also add that wealthy Billionaires and FOX pushing Fear and Paranoia were a major part in stopping any real messages getting through.

We live in a society where fear is pervasive. Sometimes it's very real, especially when it comes to climate change, joblessness, racism, violence against women and more. But in the context of this election, fear was often manufactured, transmitted zealously by the corporate media, pushed relentlessly by Fox and other right-wing outlets. Messages of fear dominated many of the campaign ads that led to Democrats getting crushed in many elections.

In this environment of fear, compounded by massive amounts of unregulated political spending, and tons of money from the Koch brothers and other heavy spenders, the Democrats seemed lost, despite having lots of money of their own. Given their current confused approach to politics, their general inarticulateness, and their need to run away from the President and Obamacare, most Democrats didn’t stand a chance against the onslaught.