I dig into the numbers, check my work twice, and lay out clearly what the evidence says we should do. Then I watch a room full of politics wave all of it away for whatever plays better that week. After enough of that, I'm starting to lose faith that careful facts change anything at all.
More people experience this than they realize.
You do careful analysis and watch politics ignore it, and you're losing faith that evidence matters.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.