The sheep will go to church and vote as their church wants them to.

Most people focus on one issue, ignore all the rest and vote for the loser that talks the best talk.

Mass protests are good when you get enough people motivated. But politicians know that any movement will die out in time or will discredit itself.

The sheep will let someone else do it.

Ever notice there are no true leaders in the world until a big war breaks out then there are leaders all over? Good ones, bad ones; there is so much propaganda on all sides. Also the greatest war time motto spoken on all sides is "God is on OUR side."