system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why do so many Americans blame Obama for practically everything?
gpt
Because most American citizens have very little idea of how their government actually works, and how limited the president's power is, domestically and economically.  The president is the most well-known governmental figure, and it's a lot simpler to blame him than to go watch C-SPAN or check voting records and see that it's actually your representatives and senators who are screwing you, in many cases, *specifically* because they know you'll blame Obama for it and they want his approval rating to go down.