Well written, you are obviously passionate about this. Ah the 'demockery', I wish I could claim back wages for all the electioneering I've done. Here in the UK we have had the emergence of Jeremy Corbyn (nice guy with a beard) who has been our Bernie Sanders. This is based on the failures of the middle ground political parties to provide rising standards of living for the majority, instead people are outraged as the 1% get richer by the day. Economic crash cycles vary, at the moment we are in the 8-10 year range, so could be one this autumn. People will look to their traditional parties for answers. I can see a Socialist being elected President in the US in 2020...although Bernie has already shown he will roll over. Voting is important to those people that engage in it, and many understand that the vote was won, especially for women by the Suffragettes. Having said that I completely forgot the local elections last week - damn I could have got those pot holes fixed.