They will do it if they have to, but it's something people would usually rather avoid.

如果有必要他们会做，但是人们通常会避免做这些事情。

youdao

And if they are doing it, they must feel pretty bad because the majority of people would rather do something out of love than for the money.

如果他们非得去做的话，他们八成会感觉很糟糕，因为大部分的人是受热爱而不是金钱的驱使。

youdao

They would seem to rather have, you know, run ads and do that kind of thing rather than actually get something done for the people they were elected to represent.

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