This was the message from voters to the Dems...

[Hippo_Tron]

160. Okay, put yourself in a politician's shoes for a moment...

Your goal is to get to 50%+1 to win the election.

You know that a lot of people stay at home and you know that if they came to the polls it could change the outcome of the election. The problem is that you don't know whether they're staying at home because they have no confidence in their government or because they don't give a shit. There's no real way to tell. So you could try to figure out what issues appeal to the non-voters, but you can't really tell if appealing to those issues would actually get them to show up to vote.

However, if people started showing up and writing in candidates in mass numbers, it would be abundantly clear that these are motivated voters who could be won over if they actually liked any of the candidates. A politician trying to get to 50%+1 would look at these voters and figure out what issues appeal to them, and start appealing to them on those issues.

Maybe sitting at home is a protest vote for some. But it's an incredibly ineffective way to protest. If you want to protest, write-in a candidate or vote third party. It's the only way to make the politicians hear you.