There are elections every year in the US. Even just going to local council meetings and voting out local electives has profound effects. Then there’s the more visible elections for House Representatives, Senators, and POTUS. But people have to do their civic duty first. Also writing your local representatives is a thing-which is also a civic duty. The more they hear the more likely it goes into their career calculations.

Generally these people are reachable via email so I don't want to hear “the work week wont allow it.” If you have time to post to HN or reddit or wherever about what’s pissing you off you can do some civic duty to effect change.