The 17th Amendment resulted in the US senators becoming whores. Most receive the majority of their campaign donations from outside their home state. The last time I looked into this was in the 1990s senator Voinovich was number one in in out-of-state campaign donations and John McCain was number 2. I would like to see the stats now. No doubt McCain is still near the top of the list. The last 40 years have proven that your average dumb ass voter is easily swayed by massive campaign bombardment of lies and bullshit. Partly explains why Arizona keeps re-electing the rabid SOB.
Long time Zonie here. McCain keeps getting elected because of Illegals and being Californicated. Those are the top two reasons.