A True Democracy???

It seems to me that we as American citizens have two options available to us regarding our action and belief of government. I am not naive enough to say that we only have a Democratic/Blue State and a Republican/Red State option. Because I do not wish to say Democrats act a certain way and Republicans act the other, I wish only to describe these two options as such: passive and proactive.

The Passive option is this: We continue to think we live in a completely wonderful and free country and continue thinking that everything done by the government is in the best interest of the people of this country; to continue thinking that we have control over issues.

The Proactive option is this: We realize that we as the constituents really don't have any power, that we don't live in a free world (even though we'd like to).

Here are a couple of things to consider:
1) What power do we have if the majority of this country votes for one person, yet the other one takes office?
2) How many issues and bills have you personally had a say in whether they passed or not?
3) How many of our congressmen and women say that they don't care what their constituents believe, that their beliefs are what they will vote based on?

here are the counter-arguments (so that I may present both sides).
In regards to #1) people argue that the Electoral College is there so that the little states don't get overlooked (primarily in campaigning). I argue that more than 50% of the country was overlooked in the 2000 election. It is unfair to give an entire state's population to one candidate when more often than not, nearly 49% of that state didn't vote for that candidate.

In regards to #2) and #3) people argue that often people vote for someone and give up their right to choose because they are picking a particular candidate in whom they trust and are willing to go along with whatever that candidate may decide. For the most part, I am ok with this. If that is how people view their power of voting, then fine. But what about those of us who don't believe that? What about the constituents who overwhelmingly are for gay marriage or abortion, but their politicians will vote opposite them based on their religious beliefs?

I, in NO WAY, wish to say that people are not allowed to hold steadfast to their religious beliefs. In fact, I respect people who do so. What I cannot respect is trying to take your religious beliefs and make them the "beliefs" of your constituents.

Politicians are referred to as public servants for a reason. They are here to SERVE THE PUBLIC. US. And I think many American citizens have lost focus of that.

I am not naive enough to think that it would be efficient to have every single citizen vote on every single bill that tried to go through congress. That is way too time inefficient. What I propose is that every 2 years when you go to vote for your congressmen and women, and your senators, you also do a vote on whether you stand for or against certain issues that seem to be in large public focus. It is a matter of a couple more seconds and a little bit more energy flipping switches in a voting booth.

Lastly, and I digress a little from the original topic, here is my last gripe.

DON'T tell me I'm un-American or un-Patriotic because I disagree with my current government. Don't tell me I'm those things because I want to speak out against them. In fact, in doing these things, I am in fact EXTREMELY American and EXTREMELY Patriotic. What it is to be American is to never be complacent and never give up. It's the reason we have the unalienable rights of freedom of speech and freedom of petition (yet there are restrictions on even this). This country was founded on people petitioning government. If we forget that and allow the government push us around, WE become the servants of the government, rather than the other way around.