I disagree. What I took away from the ending was, yes, Bud is now passionate about educating himself and voting; But it really doesn't matter who he votes for, because as we've seen throughout the movie, our two current political parties and the politicians within them are only concerned with getting the most votes and gaining power and will tell the voters anything they need to hear to get them in the voting booth. Was the movie created by liberals with a certain agenda? Most likely. But rather than force-feeding us the notion that the liberal candidate is better, I think the movie is trying to say that Americans need to wake up, educate themselves, and demand better political representatives who stand for something besides greed and power.
And I didn't see the Republican character as a villain - just like Greenleaf, he realizes he has been losing himself and the reasons he got into politics, just so he could win. Both characters are surrounded by sycophants and convinced to sell out, and both come to their senses in the end (but the political machines inevitably march on, and will find replacements who are willing to do anything for power).
I suppose that's the great things about movies - we all draw our own conclusions.
Cheney's got a gun
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