‘Common Sense’ Department: Desperation and doomsday predictions sell but CSD thinks that when November 5th rolled around, voters showed they weren’t buying into the ‘end of the world as we know it’ mantra. ‘Common Sense’ Department: Desperation and doomsday predictions sell but CSD thinks that when November 5th rolled around, voters showed they weren’t buying into the ‘end of the world as we know it’ mantra.