I vote in every election because it was how I was raised. You participate in the process to have a voice, it's as simple as that for me. But I also recognize that not everyone was raised in a home with great parents who worked hard giving me privileges that others do not have and are therefore not able to see a value in participating in the electoral process. From their perspective, it matters not who is running things, they end up screwed, so why bother.

That said, I am tired of reading about how those who didn't vote are somehow responsible for the current state of politics in this country. That's a lie. It is a manifestation of this country's inability to blame white voters for the results of their actions. There is no way to know what would have happened if everyone who didn't vote who could have did vote. That's all supposition. For all we know Mitt Romney may have been elected and if that happened we'd be in the same place politically, Republicans would just not be so openly racist about it and Russia probably wouldn't have an asset running the country.

What we do know is what would have happened if those who ignored the racist, sexist, xenophobic, homophobic character traits demonstrated by Donald Trump hadn't voted for him. He would not be president. So the reason we have Donald Trump is because, contrary to the actions of any other racial voting group, white voters (both men and women) voted for Donald Trump in the majority. There is no way to dispute the fact that, all other things being equal, if white voters had done as every other racial group we would not have Donald Trump as president.

I say all that to make this point. The key to changing this is not just making those that didn't vote to vote. Doing that is basically blaming them for the mess of which some other group is obviously to blame. That would alienate me and see no reason why they shouldn't feel the same. The key is to put the most blame where it is due, white voters. White voters must be shamed for their actions or they have no reason to change. But before that can happen they must be forced to accept responsibility for what they have done. And as long as we keep telling everyone it's someone else's fault (i.e. non-voters) , it validates in in the rationalizations of white voters who voted for this disgusting human being, that they have done nothing wrong.