This may be because, with the Democrats, it isn’t seen as ingrained and cultural corruption.

You would have to be completely ignorant of American politics to make this statement. Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, NYC and Phil Dem machines basically operate as organized crime.

For whatever reason, Democratic voters seem more willing than their Republican counterparts to hold their noses and vote for corrupt politicians with the correct party affiliation.

I think that's incorrect. Due to gerrymandering (both Voting Rights Act and Republican-caused), Democratic seats are in general much safer than Republican seats. Republican gerrymandering relies on a lot of 85% Dem-districts and a lot of 60% Republican districts, so as a percent of total voters, there's no proof that Republicans value ethics any more.

Also, there's no Republican running against William Jefferson in LA, and I don't think Harman's "scandal" really matters in the eyes of her district.

But that doesn't mean people are being unfairly targeted when republicans are arrested, indicted, and put in jail for breaking the law.

You are a victim.
There is a vast conspiracy working to undermine you and all you hold dear.
It is just so unfair.

how about a senator pleading guilty to corruption and staying in his seat ala NEY.

how about a president who never ran a successful business running as a "businessman" and his shady past never being properly scrutinized.

car accidents and gay behavior from an admitted gay don't really qualify.

A new poll shows the race for the Texas congressional seat once held by former House Majority Leader...

A democrat who has gay sex with a page is re-elected. A republican who sends inappropriate text messages to a former page resigns.

A democrat who crashes into a police car while intoxicated is driven home and in no danger of losing his seat. A democrat who leaves a women to drown when he drives drunk off a bridge is repeatedly re-elected. A republican who calls someone 'Macaca' is hounded by front page articles questioning if he is a racist.

Plus when the ruling party adds endemic incompetence into the mix, as well as an ideology that panders to the extremes, you have a classic moment of bum-out-throwing.

For whatever reason, Democratic voters seem more willing than their Republican counterparts to hold their noses and vote for corrupt politicians with the correct party affiliation.

I don't know if the misdirection was deliberate, in which you split voters into one camp or the other.

A more factually correct sentence, given that the base alone never can decide an election, would be:

Voters in general seem more willing to hold their noses and vote for corrupt Democrats than to hold their noses and vote for corrupt Republicans

This may be because, with the Democrats, it isn't seen as ingrained and cultural corruption.

(Note: I'm not saying that the Dems don't have the same ingrained culture, just that it isn't seen that way by the general public.)

Regards, Cernig

For whatever reason, Democratic voters seem more willing than their Republican counterparts to hold their noses and vote for corrupt politicians with the correct party affiliation.

What in God's name would lead you to believe they're holding their noses when they vote for their representative criminal/lunatic/traitor?

Oh, & sorry to double up, but to put the Harman investigation into the "corrupt" category is not right, if you mean the NIE leaking nonsense.