Laws don't get established because presidents, prime ministers,

legislators or judges one day have epiphanies about injustices or

immoralities that are present in society. They are established
because ordinary people become collectively aware of themselves
as potential agents of social change. They hold in their collective
hands the power to create a new world.

Electoral politics as a solution to the prevalent social issues? Only

part of it.
If you look at the history of struggles against racism in the US, no
change has ever happened simply because the president chose to
move in a more progressive direction. It happened as a result of
people marching and organizing.
Every change that has happened has come as a result of mass
movements - from the era of slavery, the Civil war, and the
involvement of Black people in the Civil War, which really
determined the outcome.
For instance, many people are under the impression that it was
Abraham Lincoln who played the major role, and he did as a matter
of fact help to accelerate the move towards abolition, but it was the
decision on the part of slaves to emancipate themselves and to join
the Union Army - both women and men - that was primarily
responsible for the victory over slavery. It was the slaves
themselves and of course the abolitionist movement that led to the
dismantling of slavery.
When one looks at the civil rights era, it was those mass movements
- anchored by women, incidentally - that pushed the government to
bring about change.

Regimes of racial segregation were not disestablished because of

the work of presidents and legislators but rather because of the fact
that ordinary people adopted a critical stance in the way in which
they perceived their relationship to reality. Social realities that may
have appeared inalterable, impenetrable, came to be viewed as
malleable and transformable, and people learned how to imagine
what it might mean to live in a world that was not so exclusively
governed by the principle of white supremacy. The collective
consciousness emerged within the context of social struggles.

Movements require time to develop and mature. They don't happen

spontaneously. They occur as a result of organizing and hard work
that most often happens behind the scenes.
They happen via collective intervention, which uses knowledge in a
transformative way: to help remake the world so that it's better for
all of its inhabitants (not just human beings).

The importance of movements, even though they might not have

bought sweeping change in laws or culture:
Oftentimes, a particular conjunctural set of conditions will arise, a
particular conjuncture, and it reveals the opportunity to accomplish
something. For example, when the Occupy movement emerged in
2011, that was a really exciting moment. Had we previously done the
organizing that would have allowed us to take advantage of that
moment, we could have really used that opportunity to build,
organize formations - whether we're talking about party formations
or not - and we would have a much stronger anti-capitalist
movement today.
That moment was important because it did provide an opportunity
to develop a critique of capitalism that has not been previously been
popularized, and not we talk about the "99 percent" and the "1
percent" - that's a part of our vocabulary.
Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don't yet see a
glimmer on the horizon that it's actually going to be possible. The
groundwork has to be done on a daily basis.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/03/16/what-is-organizing/

protest:
The type of protest matters a great deal. Not all protest is created
the same and it can have unintended negative side effects. For
example, disruptive protests – riots, fighting with police, and so
forth.
Protest seems to be most effective when it is coupled with two
things.
First, there often needs to be an organized side of the movement.
Movements succeed when some leader, or organization, appears
who can help rally support, collect money, and make connections
with insiders. While protest may jump start the process of social
change, it still needs to be directed through institutions such as
legislatures, courts, the educational system, and the for-profit
sector. Outsiders need insiders, leadership makes the connection.
Second, movements that succeed often have clearly stated goals
that are consistent with our broader culture. There is a reason for
the Civil Rights Movement’s success. The Civil Rights leadership
worked tirelessly to connect Black equality with our Constitution
and the desire to be a nation of free people.
Thus, protest matters, but it has to work with other strategies and
be suited to the problem.