The Trump presidency proves this wrong. His election was a middle finger to the established elites on both sides of the aisle. The Republicans have been making the best of a bad situation but Trump's election has raised a lot of questions about the future of the party due to the fact that his election has brought about a [growing division of the cultural conservatives, business conservatives, and libertarian conservatives]. On the other side of the aisle, the 2016 election has empowered farther left candidates while significantly eroding the credibility of the Democrat establishment.    The vote doesn't matter until it does.