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The question is who they view as their constituents. Often it's not the voters but only a very small subset. In modern Washington politics they will also put th
by maxxxxx 8y ago
The question is who they view as their constituents. Often it's not the voters but only a very small subset. In modern Washington politics they will also put the priorities of their party above the voters.
- basementcat 8y agoPublic servants (in the USA, regardless of party) who do not have the support of a majority their (voting) constituents seldom keep their jobs past the next election.
- maxxxxx 8y agoYou still can misinform the majority of the constituents to stay in line with the interests of the small number of the people you really listen to. I would argue this is happening with health care, tax cuts and a lot of subsidies.
- bradknowles 8y agoThat's pretty much all politics, for the history of mankind. Nothing new there.