Yes, each party has their sponsors that they need to keep happy. Hence the differences. The sponsors are... not you and I. OK, sometimes they pander to voters regarding their pet issues (transgender bathrooms, etc)

Neither party ever even tried to do anything about:

- term limits, limits on money in politics

- getting rid of lobbyists (their own sponsors)

- punishing Wall Street criminals

- reforming business law to give shareholders more control over executive compensation

- stopping the runaway train of national debt - etc.

Both parties were/are mostly:

- anti-privacy (anti-Snowden, anti-Wikileaks, etc)

- pro-war, the military budget is untouchable, whether it is McCain or Hillary

- ever-increasing spending (despite Reps rhetoric)

- happy (Dems) or uninterested (Reps) in lowering healthcare costs

- corrupt, with "foundations" and "speaking fees" flowing freely

There is much more, but this thread is off-topic, so I will stop here.