Voting on referendum allows voters to vote on policy divorced from the tribalism of party. Florida voted for a $15/minimum wage, part of Biden's platform, but

Voting on referendum allows voters to vote on policy divorced from the tribalism of party. Florida voted for a $15/minimum wage, part of Biden's platform, but chose Trump over Biden. What would we come up with if we voted by national referendum on gun control? Immigration? Climate change? Healthcare? Reproductive rights? I wonder... Politicians in both parties are bribed (er, lobbied) by special interests. The average joe voter wouldn't care a rat's ass what Exxon thinks of climate change legislation (say).