Really.  Wow.  We have to wait days to weeks for election results as electronically counted ballots give us too close to call ties.  We see independents starting to outnumber Rs & Ds.  We see the will of the voter mean everything when govt. wants some issue mandated at the polls,   and absolutely nothing when voters decide it against the govt. position.  We see it in ever increasing registration and voting percentages reported while evidence mounts that in fact both registrations and people actually casting ballots is declining.  We see it in the govt. elections process creating and violently defending easily cheatable voting process like mail in ballots or optically counted votes, and when caught cheating violently dealing with the accusers.  We see it when it becomes obvious counting the votes is unimportant---getting people to overtly participate in the process or creating the inability to cast doubt of govt. claims of participating in the process is the important thing.