Do they care? No, they don't. Here's why.

[riqster]

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/do-they-care-no-they-dont-heres-why/

Congress only cares about one poll: the one on Election Day. As long as they keep winning that one, they'll ignore all the others. More at the link.

[el_bryanto]

1. This is why we need gerrymandering reform and election finance reform.

We need an end to Gerrymandering - there should be no "safe" districts - not for Republicans and not for Democrats.

Bryant

[riqster]

2. Yes to both. nt

[Bluenorthwest]

3. What will you do, import Republicans to vote in districts where there are none?

Where do you live?

[el_bryanto]

4. Nope - I will make the districts be big squares rather than gerrymandered

There's no reason we have to keep the district map as it is.

You do know what gerrymandering is right?

Bryant

[riqster]

7. I like proportion of population

Each district an equal percentage of the /
State's population.

[el_bryanto]

8. That's fine -

I just don't like it when "lets take these three towns of solid republican voters then skip over this black community, and kind of loop around to tie in with this other town that's solidly republican"

[riqster]

9. Oh yeah,

No more gerrymandering!

[wandy]

5. They don't even care about that electon day poll. The poll they care about is.....

the one when the lobbyist opens his wallet.

[riqster]

6. Yes, but to get those payoffs

They need to get re-elected.

[wandy]

10. I suspect that on one or two terms you might be set up nicely.....

And after all, if you loose, you can always use you're influence and connections to become a lobbyist.
Even at that, thanks to citizens united it is companies behind the lobbyists that cast the actual vote.
One dollar = one vote.
Throw money at it, plenty of commercials on the TV, a little scandal here, a little promise there......
Do you really think that any elected official will lose the next race because they voted against background checks?
We're all involved in the NSA scandal now, background checks are already down the memory hole.

[riqster]

11. As a rule, incumbents get Re-elected

Once they are in, they have a pretty easy time staying there.