Some thoughts on your points:

1) Outlaw political ads. Have panel discussions on local or national broadcasts (depending on the scope of the election) to get political recognition. This obviously ties with point 5 and will greatly diminish the need for money/lobbying.

Reply: Many would like to see this but it's unclear if that kind of restriction of speech is Constitutional. It probably is not.

2) Get some more parties that then have to form coalitions to govern or get a majority from case to case. (this would also help with cooperation in the senate/congress). Arguably this will inevitably lead to a more technocratic system (because it is impractical to switch entire government departments each time a new administration takes over), but that should still be much more stable than your current chaos...

Reply: The Trump coalition is essentially that. There's a split between the limited government conservatives and the nativists. Right now, the nativists seem like the more numerous, if not as powerful, group.

3) Get rid of this electoral college nonsense and those weird lines where voters are divided in insane ways... There are plenty of ways that are better than that.

Reply: I would tend to agree, but . . . would rural area concerns be completely ignored in this scenario? (not enough votes to matter?)

4) Make it mandatory to vote - or at least accept a some kind of punishment if you dont - alternatively make voting day a national holiday or half day off.

Reply: I don't think a day off is needed. Just require employers to allow partial days (November elections only). I've seen compulsory voting in Brazil, and it does not work - many Brazilians say the same. Compulsory voting just reduces the election to whoever has the sexiest giveaway.

5) Dont spend any (media)time on elections until 2 months before the actual election. By all means discuss actual politics, but keep the election nonsense away until voting time.

Reply: Again, nice idea, but isn't that an un-Constitutional restriction of free speech?