Despite Kentuck's cockeyed inversion of the Fuehrerprinzip, te fact is the people do what they see as good for themselves and generally have personal loyalty about a millimeter deep to any elected leader. Contrary to Progressive thought, 'Good for themselves' or 'Best interests' does not necessarily mean just the pure economics of going all in for whoever is going to get them the most gubmint money, cheese, or unicorns, though.