yup, voter suppression is real. give everyone mail in ballots, and/or make election day a holiday – you’ll see those numbers rise dramatically.
though even that still won’t fix everything: gerrymandering ( mixed with the electoral college ) makes a lot of people feel like their vote doesn’t matter; it’s understandable that not everyone bothers.
i don’t entirely agree. i think their infighting helps to radicalize their followers, and it even helps make “normal” for everyone else slide to the right.
not that there’s really anything we can do about it 
in an ideal world, none of them would be running for office; they’d be running for the hills
