Voting for a representative in an election is not democracy, in fact its the opposite. Our vote amounts to giving someone dictatorial powers for 4 years. The electorate have no way to hold their representatives acccountable other than not voting for them in the next election. Representatives can and usually do whatever they want all without our consent. Representatives fail to poll the will of their constituents.
Our political systems need a layer of direct democracy over our current representative system. Our representatives must be forced into accepting the direction of the majority of their consituents. Our representatives must be forced to truly represent.
We must demand that political parties adopt direct democracy tools into their party platforms.. We should demand that our representatives poll the electorate in their districts and accurately reflect their will in government.
The citizens in any level of government must insist on a direct democracy platform that enhances group collaboration and consensus. Many famous people have cited that online direct democrac is long over due. If you are not fixated on direct democracy as the solution to all political problems then nothing will change and we will just continue to watch from the sidelines as laws, budgets and polices are made unilaterally without our consent.