Some folks have a hard time getting to the polls - I daresay that those are exactly the people who are least capable of shouldering the costs of having the wrong candidate in office...
well we do have a arguocracy that is designed to keep government from doing anything drastic. With both the current and previous presidents, there were guys on the other side claiming it'd be the end of the country if they won. And the country is largely, still here. I take it as a reasonable assumption that a guy getting to the final election probably does want to help the country. Folks just simply disagree with that person's plan.
In any event, I have little interest in democracy.
when the time comes to run for my HOA board, I intend to use the same trick they do, which is gather up as many proxy vote cards signed over to me and hand them all in as a vote for me. Control the conditions and control the outcome.