Why does politics fail to reflect the value and interest of society it governs?

[xaspero]

Firstly, politics without a society is empty. Politics is defined as the activity of settling affairs for an organised society.
 They society defines legitimate power through social norms, public opinion and voting which shapes the politics of the given society. While politics consists of institutions that manage societal conflicts, allocate resources and create regulations that structures society.
If society shapes politics and politics structures society, Then is the politics of a country a reflection of it's society or is politics thoughtless of it's society?

[Fiatless]

Politicians are not aliens. They are voted or selected from the society. The type of leaders is a reflection of the society. A corrupt society will always give birth to corrupt government officials. Politicians don't rig elections; it is the people who help them execute it. Only corrupt citizens will accept money from politicians and sell their votes. The societal values and norms shape the political culture. In a corrupt society, a politician who doesn't steal or promote favoritism is seen as weak or sluggish.

[programmer3666]

Politics is meant to represent the people, but most times it ends up favoring those with power, money or influence instead of ordinary citizens. People vote and expect better living conditions, but after elections many politicians focus more on staying in power or fighting opponents than solving real problems people face every day. Take a good look at what’s happening in many countries today with high food prices, inflation and unemployment. citizens keep complaining about how hard life is, but a lot of politicians are more focused on political battles and global issues than helping the average person. So in some ways politics reflects society, but it can also become disconnected from the people it is supposed to serve.

[Akbarkoe]

Firstly, politics without a society is empty. Politics is defined as the activity of settling affairs for an organised society.
 They society defines legitimate power through social norms, public opinion and voting which shapes the politics of the given society. While politics consists of institutions that manage societal conflicts, allocate resources and create regulations that structures society.
If society shapes politics and politics structures society, Then is the politics of a country a reflection of it's society or is politics thoughtless of it's society?

Yes, the politics that occurs is a reflection of the community because the stakeholders in government institutions come from the community itself, this is indirectly like that, if you see government corruption you also see the majority in your environment whether there is bribery and other fraudulent practices, if yes then that is the root of the problem that occurs.
But not only that sometimes the political system also affects how the political mechanism in your country.

[Findingnemo]

Firstly, politics without a society is empty. Politics is defined as the activity of settling affairs for an organised society.
 They society defines legitimate power through social norms, public opinion and voting which shapes the politics of the given society. While politics consists of institutions that manage societal conflicts, allocate resources and create regulations that structures society.
If society shapes politics and politics structures society, Then is the politics of a country a reflection of it's society or is politics thoughtless of it's society?

Not accurate, politics is the reflection of who is in the power while society is the reflection of all the people combined and how the ruling happens in the region. It kind of looks symbiotic in democracy since one among us take the spot to rule but once they reach that position they aften slips away from their original intention and starts focusing on the personal benefits.

[uneng]

The thing is, there is a small group of intellectualized individuals who tend to romanticize politics and society, as they live in a bubble far from the harsh reality.

Intellectuals have spare time to spend on theories, which result in cliches where politics is seen as something to involve principles, values and morals, at same time the masses are identified as hard working and honest people who suffer on the hands of bad politicians (the victims and the villains).

The intellectuals narrate that tale, although it has nothing to do with reality, and ends being just used as narrative by corrupted politicians and manipulators when the tale sounds interesting for their own personal current interests.

Therefore, politics don't fail reflecting the values of society. They totally reflect the values (or the lack of values) of society, besides the ignorance contained on it. Partially, it's thanks to the hypocritical intellectuals that society works in cycles of lies and manipulation.

[passwordnow]

Firstly, politics without a society is empty. Politics is defined as the activity of settling affairs for an organised society.

There won't be any politics if there is no society. And that's why politics exist because of the society and its people.

They society defines legitimate power through social norms, public opinion and voting which shapes the politics of the given society. While politics consists of institutions that manage societal conflicts, allocate resources and create regulations that structures society.
If society shapes politics and politics structures society, Then is the politics of a country a reflection of it's society or is politics thoughtless of it's society?

Politics being shaped by the society means that it's actually the reflection of it. But, this is where everything stumbles because the elected officials changes their paths whenever they're already on the seat. There goes who are for the people, and there goes who are for their personal gain.

[Mhizlove]

Politics do not always accurately reflect society because power don not spread equally. Even though citizens talks and vote , at the end it's little groups that controls decisions, influence and Money and sometimes politicians go after party interest ,personal gain or pressure from the elite more than what the common people really want. Another thing is that society itself do not speak with one voice, different groups with different needs and with this politics will end up favouring some people and leaving others behind. So it's true that society shapes politics but politics doesn't respond in kind  and that's why it feels like the government is not truly representing the people

[Dunamisx]

If the foundation is faulty, what else do you expect from the entire building, either sooner or later everything will turn to collapse, this is why it is more important that we know the intention of those that are coming into politics, are there for selfish interest all the app for a selfless service for humanity, some of them cannot even sacrifice a little effort for the people to benefits.