This book discuses why regimes are stable. Notably starving disconnected illiterate peoples rarely change things without military cooperation.

"The Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior is Almost Always Good Politics" (Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Alastair Smith)

https://www.amazon.com/Dictators-Handbook-Behavior-Almost-Po...

The CGP Grey youtube short is an entertaining summary of the books subjects:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rStL7niR7gs

>in the form of voting.

The current US representatives were voted into, out-of, and back into power.

It is interesting, but will likely remain stable. =3