@valleyforge alright I'll bite...not everyone who complains about political gridlock is trying to force their political will. I think it's more of an issue of why can't we get the basics done. One example that comes to mind is passing a budget. The US federal government has shutdown 3 times in history (1995-1996, 2013, and 2018-2019) due to failing to pass a budget. Having a budget to fund basic government spending is essential for the country to run, yet there is no mechanism in place to prevent this "political gridlock" (one such mechanism is automatically passing last year's budget if a new budget has not been passed, which is in place in Wisconsin and Rhode Island). Though I could be wrong here, but many democratic countries do not experience this level of government dysfunction, and this seems to be a unique and recent occurrence in the US.

TLDR; current political gridlock reflects a systematic failure of government and disliking political gridlock != forcing one's political will