What could mean big trouble

From "What went wrong for Eric Cantor":

"Smith said the volunteers [working for Cantor's opponent] found something interesting. Unlike in much of the rest of the country, the top issue for voters was not the economy, Smith explained. ...

But, she said, they found that many Republicans in the district were still unhappy with Cantor. He had voted to raise the debt ceiling. And he had supported a Republican version of the Dream Act, which would enable some illegal immigrants who entered the country as children to qualify for in-state college tuition rates. "

We're in big trouble if voting to keep paying the government's current obligations (and not understanding what that means) is a problem for members of one of the two major political parties.  And because it's a problem for those members, this level of ignorance actually endangers the viability of the democratic governing process. 

Seriously.