“If President Donald Trump’s administration has proved anything, Matheson said, it’s that “politicians are not as important as they seem.” He pointed to the thriving national and state economies as examples of systems prospering despite the current political turmoil.

“Bad politicians are elected by good people who don’t vote,” said Jason Perry, director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, quoting a plaque he once read during a visit overseas.

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