I believe the Swiss Referendum model is similar to what you are describing [0]. However, it has quite a few issues as well. The three biggest ones I can think

I believe the Swiss Referendum model is similar to what you are describing [0]. However, it has quite a few issues as well. The three biggest ones I can think of are: 1. Voting on single issues requires very engaged citizens that understand how their voting decisions impact the bigger scheme of things. Essentially it leads to the pitfalls of single-issue politics [1]. Political parties on the other hand, allow people to sort of vote for a direction. Ian Shapiro describes this phenomenon [2], but it is a long read. 2. The transition to and bootstrapping of such a system is very hard. It may work well in Switzerland, but that's because people are used to it and it's established. In a place like the US, where voter turnout is already low for a general election, it is hard to imagine why people would show up for specific issues. 3. If the issue at hand is very important to a small minority, but 99% of people don't really care, voter turnout will probably be low as well. [0] https://www.dw.com/en/pros-and-cons-of-the-swiss-referendum-model/a-17643284 https://www.dw.com/en/pros-and-cons-of-the-swiss-referendum-... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-issue_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-issue_politics [2] https://shapiro.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/The%20idea%20of%20a%20political%20party%202-25-2020.pdf https://shapiro.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files...