There is a reason we are fed up with our politicians. There is a reason there is so much hope-fuelled energy during the elections. But as much as we are optimistic, they never tend to stop from shattering the already-plummetted expectations of the public. Why do we elect them again and again, even when we know that they disappoint us every time? Because people have just given up and think that the next one will do better. When one politician breaks your expectations badly, every candidate in the fray looks like Nelson Mandela.

Because some politicians are successful and rich in their private lives.

And people get impressed by cash and show of money. They never bother to wonder where the money came from.

The fact that a politician did really well in his personal life impresses people and somehow convinces them that they can handle the responsibilities of a public office too.

Because politicians promise the same things that the people aspire for.

And he/she somehow knows exactly what the people want.