> once the effects are borne out, win congress in a landslide.

There is a deep, foundational information problem that would need to be overcome for this to ever actually happen. Medicare, for example, is viewed incredibly favorably, but tons of people don’t even know it’s a government program! This survey found only 58% of people over 65 recognized that: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/insurance/medicare/medica...

We are in an information twilight zone where perception of policy outcomes is basically entirely dependent on choice of news sources.