> Every election results in close to 50% of the voters not getting the candidate they voted for. Every election in the USA. Plenty of countries manage to have

> Every election results in close to 50% of the voters not getting the candidate they voted for. Every election in the USA. Plenty of countries manage to have a proportional electoral system, where a large fraction of people get to feel appropriately represented. With such a bipartisan division in politics, it doesn't matter whether the issues were "discussed": there won't be compromise across the centre line.