I have seen a lot on DU, but advocating not voting sure jumps the shark

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39. So 100% of Republicans voted, fascinating, either because it's true or because

you believe it to be true. If their not voting didn't contribute to vote tallies for Democrats, they also didn't contribute to vote tallies for Republicans, it's really very simple math. Unless you actually interview the non-voters to find out who they would have actually voted for if they had bothered to vote, you can't know who their non-vote may or may not have benefited. But what you and others don't see is that they were never going to vote, period, it made no difference.

I will ask you a question, what is the average voter turnout in the United States? Never mind, it's 60% in Presidential years and 40% in mid-term years. If a candidate expects better than the average in order to win, they don't deserve to win because they aren't smart enough. So who's fault was it the last time, the time before that, and the time before that? Oh, who's fault was it when Democrats actually did well, Republican non-voters?

If you can't see the problem you will never find the solution. It's the candidates, not the voters!