A democracy where people vote directly on each issue isn’t practical and would likely backfire. You want to vote for people to temporarily represent you.
Having said that, the way the US does democracy and has been doing it for, say, the last century, is beyond my comprehension and just plain retarded. Especially since Reagan already, the elections are more about show than content, and all presidents since Reagan (that devil included) have been … Well, just dumb showmen, Obama excluded, perhaps.