Why i believe the US Presidential election is absurd

I find it so baffling that in the US, a total of 8 days has to be spent just to announce who the Democrat and Republican nominees are. Even more baffling why people would spend lots of money flying to the cities hosting the Conventions and attend them. Not wanting to be demeaning, but don't these people have lives?

It's like what the great comedian Lewis Black said in an interview with Stephen Colbert, the Conventions are nothing more than prep rallies.

And if you really think about it, at the individual level, what does/can the President do, to make your life better? Will you wake up the day after the election, your person having won the Presidency, and your life be any better than the previous day?

At best the President can do things like lower taxes, but even then that requires approval by Congress, so any promises made by candidates are pure speculation, as Congress may say no to the promises made.

And come on, do you honestly think the US President, or those wanting to be President really care about you? I honestly think they could care less about you, and as soon as they get elected as was the case with Obama, then the people don't even matter.

So come election day you can go and vote and make yourself feel warm and fuzzy, but at the end of the day, whoever gets elected will forget you voters even exist.