>Several important considerations about the vote of a politician are political favors, payoffs, and bribes. Our system allows lobbyists to interact with the political system. Money and power are all too important to a politician.
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>When it is time for reelection even those voters who complained about the actions of an elected official will vote for the same person. That is the democratic way. The sheep will express whom they want for office based upon personality, charisma, and the ad campaign. What happened yesterday means nothing.
Capping of contributions and restricting these to only private citizens may go a long way correcting. Capping campaign spending at a reasonable level may help too.
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