There’s no real democracy in the UK, for example. Any government will be elected by a minority of the voters, but then have control over all decisions affecting the population.
You have control every 4 years to take all their seats, should you decide to get over petty differences and unite over the 98% of things you agree on
Don't blame politics for that, blame the media who keep you at each other's throats over the 2% of things

