How about a Voters' Revolution?

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43. One thorn that would need to be overcome

is the truism uttered by consumate politico Tip O'Neill - All politics is local. The disjointedness of my neighbor state - New Jersey - is a perfect case in point. What ends up happening is that in some localities, the "politics" (in the negative sense) drives away good candidates who don't want to go through the hassle and what this leaves you with are the dubious ruffians (no matter what party), who barrel their way through the process, and end up being presented to skeptical voters.

I think getting younger folk more involved in the local communities in order to build up "street cred" and work their way into elective office, can help to bridge the gap of getting local potential voters to turn out.

So much of the U.S. operates with regional "mindsets" and "cultures" and learning and leveraging the strengths or foibles of these regions might help to "speak" to that constituency and move people to a more progressive agenda.

I definitely agree that "not trying" is ridiculous, even with the challenges. But it needs to start in the cradle because there are far too many who were born and raised in non-voting households and eventually produce children who are also born and raised in such an environment, making it more difficult to "sell" the power of the vote to such folks.

So it's a multi-faceted initiative, requiring many simultaneous efforts to build a foundation of civic participation.