Game of Politics

Who needs hockey or football when the government we elected is the top game? The sports are done in an organized fashion according to rules they've set for themselves. The other game, the partisan political one, sets up its own rules but seldom follows them. They don't have to. The media is right there cheering them on. When crises or corruption or disaster strikes, it sells. Watch the gamesmanship in print or rather, text, videos and ops as to what is going on in the capitals.  The games have, basically, two main teams. There are others trying to get into the arena but they have to be content to skitter around the sidelines. Some of the skitterers used to be the top players, but times are achanging. Change is never far from the polls as we have witnessed at both ends of North America. No one knows what the voter scratches down on the little piece of paper it stuffs into the ballot box. Since politics isn't really a game per se, but supposedly a serious institution set up by the country's fathers it should work smoothly. Unfortunately, no conciliatory natured mothers were visible in those days other than the ones peeking out the kitchen door as they prepared tea for the confederators. Never mind, they'd have a word with Father when they got home. All the hype connected with today's ridiculously sparring kinds of partisan politics must have the ancient Greek democratics, spinning in their graves. Do they have them? Graves, I mean? Back on topic: just what would happen if we abolished party politics and worked up a completely new ideal sort of system.  Every so many people, in an area across the country would have an ombudsman chosen who would be present constantly and accessible, not down in the capital city in the east, but centrally, truly centrally. What if every voter when they are officially deemed an adult, were provided with an electronic device that allowed them to, not only have immediate access to issues presented in the governing of the country, but would also allow them to indicate a "yes" or a "no" on their device as their vote or in the case of polling, their opinion. This would mean true democracy or "government of the people, by the people, for the people". Those who worked for our government would be apolitical strictly, and responsible only, for the gathering of, and disseminating information in publishing the results of country-wide polling. They would receive concerns that area ombudspersons indicated as reported in their areas, and store them in files until a need became obvious. Those issues would become polling topics. The extraction of tax money would be open to all eyes and polls taken, as to their distribution. There would be complete equity in all ways as polls workers. No one individual would be collecting a salary that was whopping while others who really did the work got less. All salaries would be equal. There would be no world travel silliness for trade and such, because everything would be done on-line including negotiations and other matters to do with world relations. With all the video and voice possibilities available, conferences would be accomplished in individuals'  home towns and not in foreign high risk, costly venues. There would be no heroism involved and no need for media to be cramming their spins down the throats of the populace who could readily see with their devices, what is going on in the running of their land. If there were those who didn't want to participate, they would receive a fine or lose benefits. There would be no more election hoopla or tours because there would be no rivalries. Everyone would have a voice that is heard and no costly hierarchies would have to be suffered. But then, what do I know. I don't have a political science degree.