americanide, the people, the people you just listed, know that our democracy is dysfunctional and theyw that the process is rigged. why participate in a system that is more of an auction that an election? you why. you do not have the luxury of not participating. families, working lower income people, young people, do not participate, we will look at a situation where climate change gets worse and worse and we have a political party who do not acknowledge the science. we will look at a situation where the middle class is disappearing and you have a republican party which is simply interested in the needs of the rich. i understand that the average american looks at washington and says, what is going on? why should i vote? you have got to participate in a way you never have before. if you don't elect good people, if you don't hold them accountable, if you don't defeat the people who want to privatize social security, medicare, medicaid, food stamps -- massive cuts in food stamps -- if you do not organized against that agenda, this country is going to be in very sorry shape. group ine part