[quote=Rtron]
 Not with something you can change. If I complain about something I could change or could try to change and I don't, then what am I complaining about? I obviously don't care enough about it to try and change it, so I must be pretty much fine with it as is. It's like walking into your trashy room and going 'I hate all this trash. Something needs to be done.' And then sitting there and doing nothing. Then those 1% make 100% of the federal decisions that affect you. As a hypothetical example, say you're a college student, and you don't vote. The federal government proposes a bill to pay for college tuition for everyone. The 1% goes 'Nope'. You'd be affected, without ever giving your opinion.
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Nah nah nah. We're not a democracy, we're a republic. Those 1% pick the .0001% who make 100% of the decisions for me. Or 30% can pick the .0001% who make 100% of the decisions. The number represented in the voting is not the problem -- the involvement of the .0001% (senators and congressman) is the issue. Focusing on voter participation is all we've done for eighty years, and it turns out that doesn't do anything to curb growth of federal power. As it stands, I can send an e-mail to Chuck Schumer today whether I voted for him or not, thus, my opinions are equally represented in the senate whether I vote or not. My real influence in 'decisions that affect me' comes from talking to, and educating, the actual people around me -- I can't just stick my head in a booth for five minutes every year and pretend that makes me a good, empowered citizen.