Gladiator tournaments for political figures

Make it so everyone running for political office (president, chief of staff, senator, representative, mayor, city council, school board, principal, teacher, etc) have to compete in gladiator tournaments for the position. No one can have the position longer than a year. The competition has different segments: academic jeopardy style tournaments, have to write an essay under pressure, have to answer basic science questions, and the thing that's really fun: a survivor type challenge. This is the thing that draws the most attention, most crowds.

Tests ability to strategize, physical fitness, intellect, creativity, showmanship, resourcefulness. Open-ended enough so there is more than one way to win (nerdy, social, strong, diplomat), and can custom tailor the gladiator matches depending on the position. Possibly have some challenges be surviving a for a day in an office in a government building, where you have to complete a basic office task while hordes of zombie actors beat fists against the walls of the building, trying to get in.

Each city has an arena, state capitols have larger arenas, the presidential office has the largest arena. Benefit of this is that the citizens suddenly become MUCH more interested in their government, gets them to participate more.