The end of ideologies

Ideologies used to help the electors to differentiate between the different parties and allowed the latter to define their political platforms during election campaigns or account for their policies once in office. However, people are wary of ideologies and are no longer interested in abstract theories but in concrete facts and actions. They want concrete results more than ideological guidelines.
Does it mean that the time of ideologies is over and that politicians should try and meet their electors' demand of pragmatism ?

In many Western countries, ideologies and the polarization they have induced in politics have fallen short of people's expectations. People are wary of shop-worn ideas and ideologies that have failed to meet their demands and don't solve their practical concerns. For them, pragmatism seems to be the only way of coping with reality. Hence their weariness of traditional parties and ideologies.
The Americans now look back with suspicion on the mantras of famous ideologically active committed politicians, whether Kennedy's New Frontier, Johnson's Great Society, Clinton's Bridge to the 21rst Century or George Bush's Compasssionate Conservatism and War on Terror, and they sometimes make a bitter assessment of their records.

The collapse of George Bush's approval ratings just before the midterm elections testifies to their negative assessment of his ideological zeal, now perceived as inefficient, misleading and full of contradictions.