Non-voters, whether for protest or political apathy or other reasons, are so crucial to establishment control.
In the 2016 US presidential election 43.2% of voting age didn't vote.
54.8% voted
24.7% for Hilary
26.3% for Trump
3.8% for others
Even just a small chunk of that 43.2% could have made Trump now a distant memory of failure that was quickly abandoned, and shifted the US political landscape majorly towards more progressive policies, just by denying success to the republicans.
