That may have mattered in the past, but people have started to wise up to the cynical games these disingenuous A-holes play in Washington. A Republican who is with you 99% of the time is likely to stand against you the one time his vote actually matters.
See Rep. Thomas Massie as a perfect example of this. He is the conservative/libertarian Freedom Caucus icon who made a name for himself by standing up on principle and opposing government spending bills even if he was the only one on the losing end of a 420-1 vote in Congress. He also spent his career in Congress railing against endless government spending and crushing Federal debt.
Within the last couple of weeks he signed on to the House debt ceiling elimination bill. As one Freeper noted, he collapsed like a plastic Walmart lawn chair under Chris Christie.
We're tired of elected officials voting with their constituents 70% -- or even 99% -- of the time when their votes don't matter ... but then bailing out and showing their true colors when they are finally faced with a consequential issue where their vote really matters.
Not sure what the solution is. Your message comes across as “you want it all” in regards to Republicans voting for the issues that are important to you. I wish they did. But that’s not how the US political system has ever worked. Short of a parliamentary system where snap elections can be called or prorogation of Parliament can be declared, or some sort of strongman government, the system we have works well. And the parties conform themselves to our current system.
Alberta’s Child: You assume that when a GOP congressman is elected, that all of those who voted for him think like the 99% number. That is not reality. It is likely that the GOP congressman in most districts are elected by people who are 60-99% aligned. In a country of 340 million, the 99% number is not reality.