Poor souls were led to believe that their brave act of voting would instantly and magically bring peace and prosperity to their country. The uneducated had no real understanding of real democracy and freedom. The act of going to the polls is important but there is so much more to democracy and they knew nothing about it. As one Iraq member of pariliament has said. American opened the bird cage they had been imprisioned in for 1400 years but they have no knowledge as to how to proceed out of the cage.
You are blaming the voters for the fecklessness of the politicians. They had to choose from party lists and the guys they chosen owe allegiance to their party leaders, not to a constituency of the people.