Yo, candidates: The voters are ticked!

Montanans who have endured the relentlessly negativistic, divisive and distinctly un-helpful political advertising that has dominated this election cycle — which is to say, all of us — will not be surprised by this insight:

Voters are not happy.

Two weeks ago, The Monitor asked readers to complete a short survey seeking their opinion on the state of our politics and the upcoming election. I’ll be up front: This exercise was in no way scientific — just us asking questions, and about 100 people responding.