Many religious groups are in internal turmoil because of power struggle, and whole assemblies split - yes, because of power struggle, because of politicking, and because of other reasons of the same bad nature. Not only things in the world. Let us, to begin with, consider how politics and voting function in the world. We do know from the Bible that we are not to be a part of this world or partake in its governments, but let us still look into these things as there is much to learn in this all. Some parties go even further than that in their claims, in countries with religiously dominated governments, like the Moslem ones.
Any normal party goes to an election with a number of key words and action plans and declarations .
If the party does not get into power, but only gets a small representation it keeps talking about these lofty things and tells people that if only they got into real power things would be much better. In many a case, they finally reach that goal of real power through their promises and declarations and stated ideals. Secondly, the party starts thinking about the next election, as they want to remain in power. A lot of energy goes into this so that not much of lasting value can be produced in the mean time. Also, a lot of compromising and secret deals and logrolling takes place for securing power in the future also.