WAKE UP !
...Let's change the puppet analogy so that it's applicable here. The status quo has two fingers, one for the left nostril of democrats, one for the right nostril of republicans. Once inserted, they drag partisans, like you, in every geometric shape they can get away with. Owww! Don't do that! Owwww, I don't want to go there, Owwww,,,stop it!
...I know what they're doing, and, I know, one citizen, one vote, one issue, at a time, the status quo will wither away. Meanwhile, the partisans can cry about not having the White House, the congress, and the Judiciary... Boo Hoo...
...Go back to bed, yer government has it all figured out for you...