12 Charts that show that US Politics are broken

http://www.vox.com/2015/3/19/8253775/charts-worry-about-politics

1) Congress is less popular than Richard Nixon was during Watergate, or than the banks were during the financial crisis

2) In the 2010 election, 0.26 percent of the population gave 68 percent of the money

3) Congress is more polarized than at any time since Reconstruction

4) Many states are trying to make it harder for Americans to vote

5) Democratic and Republican voters are more polarized than ever