I dunno. Its seems more like a systemic problem brought on by too many people in that system who have something to loose, you could vote in a bunch of people that have a desire to change this, but Im betting, and i have seen it before, that the people that operate behind the scenes in that system actively operate to undermine those efforts.

I don't see a way to affect change on a political level without replacing all the players at once with people who actually care (not say they care and then use their positions for self-interest motives).