There’s a simple reason why many elected officials won’t solve issues of the day.

For most politicians, it’s not in their political best interest to solve those problems.

For primary ideological issues, there are three (voter) groups: 1) those FOR the issue; 2) those AGAINST the issue; 3) those who can be PULLed to one side or the other.

If a political party manages to solve an ISSUE, they’ve won their FOR group, lost the AGAINST group, and no longer have an issue to exploit for gain from the PULL group.

(Remember, for politicians it’s not about solving issues…it’s about their political party taking – or keeping – control of the government and all the power that represents.)

If an ISSUE remains unsolved, then, it can be exploited for gain from the PULL group. Adding these voters to their FOR group gives politicians the edge needed to win.

That said, why would a politician solve a polarizing issue?