I don't think this is how it works. You have voters that vote for parties/politicians/programs, it's always a whole package that you want to go for. If you have

I don't think this is how it works. You have voters that vote for parties/politicians/programs, it's always a whole package that you want to go for. If you have only 2 parties to choose from, do you really care for every detail? Or rather excuse some details that you don't like? Speaking of the current crisis in politics in the U.S., I have the strong impression that the person Trump was voted for deliberately. That people wanted someone who didn't follow all the protocols, I think this is also what he advertised and what actually even made him popular towards some conspiracy theorists. Real-world discussions about polarizing topics are rarely concluded and at best just serve to exchange view points. On the other hand for less controversial topics it might kind of work. In fact, the majority of work in modern politics is AFAIK not done by the politicians you see on TV. There are armies of people that do all the paper work. E.g. in case of financial politics these people do example calculations, to assess how certain proposals would work out. Still, I think it's also the point of politics, it goes beyond facts and what they mean. But actually choosing which of the possibilities - knowing the consequences - to go for.