Don’t turn this partisan. The people that pay for our representatives want them to be idiots and don’t care what party they are on. For example in Illinois I’ve got this piece of shit begging me for donations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Schneider The key here is that he is indistinguishable form the person he beat, the only difference is red vs blue. His actual policies are “moderate,” i.e. status quo. e: I’m not even in his district.