Realistically, is the Senate in play?

[In It to Win It]

16. Agreed! Dem voters don't turn out during midterms

I hope we can break that cycle this year for the sake of winning the House. In my circle, nobody knows who Brett Kavanaugh is; no one can tell the who is on the SCOTUS; these same people will go to the polls and vote for a Democrat during a presidential election year, but don't know their entire government is being controlled by republicans. In my circle, no one paid attention to the confirmation vote. People don't realize that not voting affects their pocket. I have a friend that didn't know that a raise in our local sales tax was on the ballot in 2016 to pay for a street car that strolls through the wealthy downtown area of our city, and he doesn't make much money. This same friend also believes his vote doesn't matter.

I have another friend that just got her US citizenship last month, and I've convinced her to register to vote (which she didn't want to do). Now that she's registered, getting her to vote is a separate uphill battle. The goal now is to get her to sign up for vote-by-mail because I know she won't physically go to a polling place to cast a vote (which I believe she did but I haven't confirmed). At the end of the day, she doesn't really care and she's only doing it so I won't keep asking.

How exactly do you get people to care about these things?