Almost no one I have ever voted for has been elected. I typically vote for the Green party, which gets about 1% of votes, even in local elections. I spend all my time working for charities, not for-profit companies. I think giving me a hard time about this issue is probably focusing on the wrong type of person.
There is so much wrong with the world it gets tiring tilting at windmills. I know you personally are not the problem; I subscribe to your identica feed because you are one of the people working for positive change in your country. My intention was not to give you a hard time, although I realize I did. That's why I apologized.