Define THEY.
The "people" Lincoln referred to were not the handful of oligarchs who now exercise an inordinate amount of influence among “our elected” officials.
I retain my original position - your assertion that we can just “vote them out” is a illusionary fantasy.
Who you call Moderates I see as political, carpetbagging, whore-mongers.
We’re just going to have to disagree on this.
Handful? LOL.
We have thousands of lobbyists, PACS, political media centers, politicians, etc. etc.
Handful? You are quite uneducated about the political process.