The electorate is made up of humans, flawed and otherwise.
One big reason we are in this mess is that our form of government relied on so many norms and traditions being followed by honorable people. With the presidency and an entire political party corrupted to the core and acting in bad faith, the limits of our Constitution have been strained.
If we ever have another election and manage to win back the Senate, the first actions should be to close all those loopholes with solid, unambiguous laws. Otherwise, we are inviting bad actors and foreign governments to do it all over again.