Republican voters seem to elect clowns to Congress.

[OAITW r.2.0]

Democratic voters seem to elect intelligent people that know the law.

Why is that?

[J_William_Ryan]

1. The GOP is made up of only clowns.

[Archae]

2. Because most democrats are actually intelligent...

And don't give in to propaganda from Faux "news" or OAN.

[ck4829]

3. Republicans act in bad faith

They not only elect clowns, they also expect to the non-clowns to fix their messes, while they also run interference.

[Celerity]

4. when you elect clowns expect a circus

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Entitled Groomer Old People don't have to think as much just to survive. . . . nt

[Boomerproud]

6. They see themselves in their (cough cough) representatives.

The bar isn't low, it's nonexistent.

[haele]

7. Modern Republican voters are tribal.

They want someone who is like them, someone who they feel they can sit at a table or a bar with, share a drink and a laugh with.
Democrats tend to vote for someone who can accomplish what they want accomplished.
They both risk falling for populists who tell them what they want to hear rather someone who has actual experience and credentials in the work surrounding the politics, though.
Republicans just tend to fall into that trap more often.

Haele

[OAITW r.2.0]

8. Tribalism is the right word.

Too much importance to the idea of "us" and not "us and them". Republican voters win with Democrats in control and lose when Republicans in control....just like us. Has always been the case.

[Maraya1969]

9. That's all they have to work with

[BlueJac]

10. They vote for entertainers not serious politicians!

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. A serious, sadly, point.

They love flamboyant, anti-Democratic politicians. Policies don't matter. Can you "own the libs" all the time?

[Make7]

12. Well, it is a representative democracy.

In theory, the representatives represent the voters that got them into office.

[OAITW r.2.0]

14. The Divide, imho, is rural vs. urban.

It exists in every State, I think.

[everyonematters]

13. Gullible idiots.

That's what the right wing media is conditioning.

[machoneman]

15. They like loud, uneducated, stupid, obnoxious and odious a-holes, that's why