This was more about why so many people who become conservative politicians end up getting caught for victimizing others.
the victimizing type of person is naturally drawn toward a group of people that care about themselves or money more than the community or even other people.
If you want to be a politician to make things better for everyone, you join the progressives, but if you want to be a politician to make things better for yourself only, then the conservative party and its values is the obvious group.