The reason the drone and surveillance programs didn't take a large part in election propaganda this past year is that violating individuals' rights has bipartisan support.
Up voted because I cannot see how anyone could disagree with this. Obama didn't do _anything_ to stem the flow of citizens' data being funneled into the government machinery.
Can anyone who downvoted this point to any time in the past few years that a major party in a western nation promised to reduce surveillance, increase government transparency, or add new protections for individuals?
Well, no. It's one of those issues where the elected officials of both parties largely agree, and the voters of both parties largely agree, but the voters disagree with the officials.