More important than how loud people are or what viewpoints they publicly claim to have is how they vote. Take a look at who has been getting elected to congress

More important than how loud people are or what viewpoints they publicly claim to have is how they vote. Take a look at who has been getting elected to congress in the US recently: https://xkcd.com/1127/ https://xkcd.com/1127/ Now, more than ever in our lifetimes, a lower percentage of congress is moderate. Center-right Republicans (the conservative party) have almost vanished. This isn't about a lack of choice either, because we've seen a bunch of long time incumbent congressmen lose to to people further from the center, like when Republican Bob Bennett finished 3rd in a Utah primary election to 2 far right tea party candidates. If most people held moderate viewpoints, like you assume, then congress would be getting more moderate, no?