Honestly, politics in this country has absolutely nothing to do with the issues we face and problems we need to solve - together, in a bipartisan fashion, using political theory and informed stances.  

Just read articles about the candidates or potential candidates for the Senate race in Arizona. On both sides, it is all about identity politics. The Democrat identifies as previous homeless and bisexual centrist. Other Democrats hate her because she voted for the Benghazi investigation and against Nancy Pelosi (good.  She needs to go).  

What about the issues???  This is true of local politics as well on both sides.  I miss the day when the GOP cried about the debt! and cared about real issues, whether I agreed with them or not. Now it is all about inflammatory attacks, corrosive language, Hillary, Obama and deflection.  Both sides try to claim the moral high ground - dangerous territory that and hard to defend.  I changed to unaffiliated.