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CMV: The problem with politicians is that only the worse types of people are attracted to the role.

The problem with politicians, is that very few of them actually care about the people.  Most of them only care about themselves.  There are 2 primary types of folks that get into politics:

1. By far, the majority of people attracted to these roles are people looking for power and control.  They hunger for the recognition and want to play the part.
2. Another big reason people get into politics, is because they have a personal motivation.  They feel like it can benefit themself by taking office.

There is a small subset of folks who have good intentions, but to make it to the very top, you have to play the game.  These folks slowly turn corrupt over time.

Update: I think alot of you have made great points, and I've partially changed my view.  I do agree many of the local positions can have good people in it.  I guess good and bad people can be attracted to any position, but the more rewards/power/prestige/control a job has, it has alot more negative people vying for that position.
gpt
Most elected officials are local: school board, municipal assembly, county commisioners, small-town mayors, county clerks, state house, state senate, city council. As far as politicians go, such local players are in the majority. There are far more of them than there are politicians on the federal level.

The roles on the local level are thankless, long hours, and with very little financial compensation. People do it because they care about their communities, certainly not for personal gain, there's not much of that to be had.