Government existing for itself rather than serving the people.
That is why they are fighting so dirty, they know their gravy train is floating away and if they do not stop it they will go down.
Trump’s reduction of the government workforce will go a long way in addressing this; when Romney mentioned the 47% of people already in the Dems’ column before a single vote was cast, he knew that there were so many people supported by government (not just on welfare, but through “workfare” as well) that he could only win by attracting a small margin of other voters.
NJ is a microcosm of this problem; so many people not just receiving freebies but so many others receiving gubmint checks as employees at various levels - almost all voting Democrat.