The political Establishment and those that operate in it have for all intent and purpose been bought by those who operate the machine and you can be sure it's not representing the voters.
The following graph is stark and revealing because it is a forewarning to voters of who has been bought by special interests and who is representing the voters;
The 2016 race started early with a large field of potential candidates, some of whom acted very much like, well, candidates — making appearances in early primary states, vying for commitments from big donors and assembling teams that could quickly pivot and become campaign staff. Meanwhile, constellations of groups working on behalf of each of the most serious White House hopefuls – including leadership PACs, super PACs, 501(c)(4) dark money outlets and more – cropped up like spring flowers, all but inviting spending records to be broken.
Darker bar represents outside money; lighter bar represents candidate committee money)
 | Hillary Clinton (D) | $57,748,407
$130,443,637 | 
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 | Ted Cruz (R) | $46,726,605
$54,661,506 | 
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 | Bernie Sanders (D) | $44,968
$96,311,423 |
|
 | Ben Carson (R) | $13,807,549
$57,860,505 |
|
 | Marco Rubio (R) | $34,313,903
$34,652,654 |
|
 | Donald Trump (R) | $1,894,509
$25,526,319 |
|
 | John Kasich (R) | $6,729,311
$8,648,890 |
|
 | Jill Stein (3) | $0
$300,421 | 
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