"I didn't think I'd ever see what I'm looking at now."

[guillaumeb]

21. and a majority do not vote.

No matter the excuse, and there are many offered here and elsewhere, voting is speech. To complain about the choices while refusing to participate is nonsense.

How many "I will not vote for.........whoever" posts have there been here? To make a statement that, for example, I will not vote for HRC because she is not my particular ideal candidate always makes the perfect the enemy of the good. This is not an argument for an unquestioning vote, but an argument that even if your particular ideal candidate is not the nominee, vote anyway for the best available candidate.

And if your response is that progressives and/or liberals have no voice in the Democratic Party, get involved in the Party and work for change rather than sitting back and complaining. I have been a union activist for 40 years, and have been involved in a social justice group in the Chicago area for 11 years. We organize, we educate, we march, we debate. No, we do not always win the issue, but we are trying. If everyone who complains about politics actually got involved the political landscape would change.

And yes, the 1% have the money, but they only get one vote each. There are more of us.