Hey, you sensible people... Why don't you just can it. Permanently.

[Andy823]

51. Well ...

You said "Its the people busy with their lives, not politically engaged, that see both parties as the same & don't vote because of that."

I guess we have a bunch of those "not politically engaged" people here on DU since some here claim the old "both parties are the same" meme is real.

You see a lot of the people that sit home don don't bother to vote, are in the group you talk about, but a lot more of the think they are sending some kind of "message" to the democratic party by not voting, and that if they do this enough the party will move to the far, far left and that will solve all the problems. Thing is when democrats don't vote republicans win, and when republicans win they take us further and further in the hole that we can't dig ourselves out of. The cut all the programs that actually help those in need, and give billions away to their rich buddies that put them in office. You see the idea that not voting is going to "help" change things is insane to say the least. Both parties are NOT the same, no matter who tries to tell us that. When you don't vote republicans win and that's just plain bad for this country and the 99%.