Character

Average Voters

superficial humor-driven pragmatically disappointing

Will Bailey critiques Average Voters during Inauguration Day banter with Elsie Snuffin, portraying them as favoring comedy clubs like Haha's in Cleveland over presidential gravitas. This cynicism, sparked by Elsie's Jewish President joke, reveals Will's doubts about democratic choices. Elsie counters with familial reassurance, underscoring voters as a pragmatic yet frustrating electorate that staff must navigate amid leadership transitions.

2 appearances

Electoral Politics

Also known as: the average voter, the voters

Average Voters's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

Joke, Cynicism, and an Unexpected Goat

Not an emotional agent here—present as the focus of Will's contempt and worry.

Referenced by Will as the object of his historical frustration: he invokes 'the average voter' to justify a cynical reading of democratic outcomes and to contrast with the Founders' fears.

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S4E12 · Guns Not Butter

Goat in the Office

Not applicable (conceptual). Their depiction contributes to the scene's tension and Will's cynical posture.

The 'Average Voters' are invoked by Will as a rhetorical foil—used to justify cynicism about democracy and to push the conversation's stakes from jest to civic seriousness.

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