Most people (as in statistical majority, not HN readers) don't read anything about issues and just vote with their emotions or who they like or for whatever par

Most people (as in statistical majority, not HN readers) don't read anything about issues and just vote with their emotions or who they like or for whatever party they identify with. In the US, guns and abortion are the common "issues" the politicians use to divide even though those are things that are likely to not change on a federal level. A better way to govern ourselves is to have term limits across the board - legislature (Senate and House) and judiciary (federal judges and Supreme Court). That would be a check/balance against people becoming too powerful.