Corruption is polling near the top as an issue in the US midterm [1] when previously in the last election it was immigration followed by economics/inflation. Politicians are experts at ignoring the obvious issues until they get so out of hand it become impossible to ignore. Then they usually just campaign on it to get elected instead of prioritizing long term reforms.
[1] https://news.gallup.com/poll/713933/record-high-say-governme...