" Vote out the incumbents and send a message that way."

Why does the phrase "cutting off your nose to spite your face" come to mind?

A vague 'slogan' used as a rule of action against some ambiguous 'them' is about as useless as wearing a blindfold in the voting booth.
SOME candidates are competent, dedicated people... and there needs to be 'institutional memory' within a legislative body in order to operate even partially smoothly. Voting out incumbents just because you are unhappy with how things 'feel' at the moment is more likely to get you a bunch of dorks who have little idea how to operate and who have 'agendas' to push.

The system is far from perfect, but if voters studied the issues and made an effort to KNOW who was running and why, even this flawed system could work reasonably well.

What we are looking at is an attempt by the MOST extreme groups to co-opt the system and make religion and money the only operable controls on how we live. I don't want that...and I will try to find a path thru the maze.