There's a person running to be my representative in the US House. She'll likely get my vote. Her politics are much closer to mine than the incumbent.

She's running to be my most direct and local contact with the Federal government. She's solicited donations from me a million times. I have yet to encounter an event where I might meet her or hear her speak. Her website solicits money, volunteers. Offers "merch". The relationship already seems to go only one way.

Democrats, remember democracy?