To me it looks like lobbies have more power than voters.

There really is no NIMBY lobby. NIMBY laws exist because NIMBY voters demand them.

In general, I believe that it's the highway lobby who shaped the US into what it is today, not the NIMBY people. I think they have much more power than nimby, even if in certain situations, they seem to be on the same side. So what I say is that industry interest weighs more than voter interest.