Elections won't do anything about an entrenched bureaucracy. Federal employees can't be fired.
That's not quite true. Regular Civil Service protected by tenure can be fired, but it takes immense time and effort on the part of the supervisor and the cards are all stacked in favor of the employee. There are a thousand ways a clever employee can throw it off the track. You can't just fire him because you don't like him, he's "disloyal", or he isn't doing the job you want the way you want it. Usually the problem is "solved" the easiest way by getting him transferred to some other poor schmuck's domain.
On the other hand, federal political appointees can be fired. But this Administration doesn't seem to have learned that trick yet.
Sad, but true.
True that Federal employees can't be fired but there are numerous ways around that problem.
Transfer them.
Put them in jobs they are going to hate.
Create new positions OVER them.
Institute another hierarchy such as ADM Jacoby did at DIA when he couldn't get rid of the entrenched "old guard" there.
WE could also do our part and elect Congress Critters who projmise to halve Gommit by half. If there were a 50% reduction in the Government, these yodels would be either forcibly retired, or working in Alaska or some equivalently wonderful place. /sarc