"never been anywhere near a majority for trying anything else."

That, MtheGM, is because most of the public haven't given any serious thought to the alternatives, they don't even understand the alternatives, the powers that be have made sure to tell them VERY LITTLE about the alternatives, and most people are afraid of change, therefore they vote to maintain the status quo which they are familiar with.

Most dogs react exactly the same way to any suggested change in their established routines! ;-)

Sheer ignorance and inertia are what are maintaining the public's tacit consent to the spectacularly undemocratic political processes we are presently living under.

It won't change until it breaks under the weight of its own dysfunctionality, in my opinion. And there's no guarantee that that will result in something better.