No one is going to get elected for solving a problem everyone today is going to be dead to see the results of. Although we all might agree that this is necessa

No one is going to get elected for solving a problem everyone today is going to be dead to see the results of. Although we all might agree that this is necessary, people usually tend to vote for people who promise "real" solutions. As in, short term solutions to problems we've been carrying for decades (which obviously requires policies that also take decades to cement).