The government does not exist as an independent policy-making entity  On the contrary, there is a group of democratically elected pragmatists who are very sensitive to the views of voters, who make policies that can lead to their re-election
So, for example, if public policy is opposed to environmental considerations, it is not because the government is headstrong, but because elected officials believe
Most of the voters voted for certain politicians because of their peculiar habitual positions in political events