There's no real correlation between what the populace believes, and what its elected representatives believe. Maybe, maybe not. But there is a very real correl

There's no real correlation between what the populace believes, and what its elected representatives believe. Maybe, maybe not. But there is a very real correlation between what the populace believes and what laws legislators can vote for without ruining their chances for reelection. Legislators who vote for things that the majority of their constituents find to be completely absurd tend not to be reelected.