This is of course a big problem with US politics - with so many refusing to vote or otherwise participate, the fanatical diehards who refuse to accept that 'their side' could do anything wrong, or that the other side could do anything right, the fanatical diehards with their knickers in a knot dominate and derail the whole process all the time, which means that the 'real corruption' ie those who wish to manipulate the system for personal gain, have very few 'swinging voters' to brainwash convince.

Thus the US population get the (non-)politicians they deserve... and the sort of a mess of a country that they thus accept. If you look at the % of voters who refuse to participate, even register to vote, Australia's compulsory voting (well, actually, legally speaking, it's just compulsory attendance at a polling booth!) means that the system is held in check better, especially with the US 'first past the post' system compared with the Aussie (optional in cases) preferential voting system. This week we had a Qld Labour State Member (unicameral system in Qld!) change to the Green Party (a minor party with growing influence). Independents are considered pointless in the USA!