What are the undeniable and verifiable facts that cause you to support or fight against a particular politician?

I respect or detest politicians based on whether they keep their word or not. For instance, the Republicans made promises to take the monkey called the ACA off my back, and made many symbolic votes to repeal it while there was no chance to repeal it, all the while asking for my support to give them more power to repeal it. As soon as I helped give them that power, they choked. That put a real bad taste in my mouth for them.

Another instance is outlandish claims that indicate they are completely out of touch. For instance, in 2008 Hillary Clinton stated the Iraqi suicide bombers just needed more hugs. As I was in country at the time and saw the results of their work, I was willing to escort her into sector so she could hug some suicide bombers. However, the 300 meter rule applied.

I also respect or detest politicians based on whether they must keep the laws I must also keep. For instance, I am not allowed to keep secret or above information on my personal electronic devices. When I hear stories of certain congress people or senators that do not, and are not prosecuted as I was informed I would be, it both disgusts and infuriates me.

Typically, when there is a politician that has broken most (if not all) of the rules/laws, that I have to learn, in my annual SCI Refresher, OPSEC, Cyber Awareness, and Insider Threat training, then I will vote against them. Also, I tend to detest "career" politicians. When all things are equal, I will vote for someone that had a career in something other than politics. (Military, Medicine, Business, etc)

I used to like to see their voting records. It's easy to say they are for or against something but pretty hard to hide what they supported or didn't and if they were present or not for voting on issues. Currently though I don't think it is as useful with folks voting more as blocks than as individuals or reps of their constituents.