The only thing a seating politician, all politicians, fear and hate is an election. It's the one time their actions and proposals can be judged and the option of a sanction delivered by the public.
Seating politicians love punters to think that "all politicians are the same" as it means that they will be returned without too much hassle. Being cynical just props them up. They need to be made nervious and to make them think how to save their politicial skins by suggesting schemes to solve voters' problems.
If we don't lean on the politicos in the next several months, things will just continue as before. While politicos might only deliver half of what they promise, if we don't extract promises then half of nothing is nothing.
I don't know of any other system that works (sometime). I find elections very empowering, even if only momentarily.
