Democrats who opposes the federal minimum wages needs to be primaried.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. I suspect that the 50% that don't vote ...

are not making a political statement ... or, at least, are not making the statement that you ascribe to them.

Many of the reasons people don’t vote are outside the realm of policymakers’ fixing. Some of the reasons are not surprising. Of those not voting, 8.6% were out of town, 18.9% were too busy, 12.7% did not like the candidates or campaign issues, and 15.7% reported not being interested. Other responses seem contrary to what we hear about in the media: only 2.7% could not find their polling place and 5.5% experienced a registration issue. I am not sure what to do about the 3.9% of respondents who simply forgot to vote despite the complete saturation of media coverage about the election.

Policymakers can, however, confront one reason respondents reported not voting. Of nonvoting respondents, 14% were unable to participate because of an illness or disability

http://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/2013/05/why-people-don%E2%80%99t-vote

Moreover,

In the 2008 Census Bureau voting survey, topping the list of reasons for not voting is a lack of interest (13%) or a dislike of the candidates or issues (13%). More than a quarter of registered nonvoters in 2008 didn't vote because they weren't interested or didn't like their choices.

Many reported illness or disability (15%), especially among older registered nonvoters. Others were too busy, or had conflicting schedules (17%). That's about a third of the registered nonvoters.

Of the remainder, many had some logistical problem with the process: 6% had problems with their voter registration, 3% did not have convenient polling places, and another 3% had some sort of transportation problem. And 0.2% reported that bad weather conditions kept them from the polls on election day.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-psychology-behind-political-debate/201112/why-dont-people-vote

And this is not a new phenomena ... https://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/voting/SB91-23.pdf

Folks not voting existed long before the "corporatist scourge" of today.

The single most impactful way to increase voter participation would have nothing to do with the candidates; but rather, has everything with increasing access to the polls. For example, extending the vote to a 3 day event, e.g., 24 hours/day, from 6:00a.m., Friday morning through 11:59p.m., Sunday.