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Yes, absolutely it does. I know that democracy can at times feel futile and frustrating, but where would we be without it? Who would we be? And we can't have a large collective group without each individual. There is a lot of corruption and indifference in politics, but low voter turnouts only enable that mentality. We need a more engaged and active citizenry, not an even less engaged citizenry. We need people to vote not only in presidential elections, but in the mid-terms, the gubernatorials, local elections, and to write and call and visit and protest when their representatives don't act and vote the way you want. There are many cases in which grassroots mobilizations has yielded incredible results, but it doesn't happen often enough. And at the end of the day, if you don't vote because the system seems too corrupt and broken...who are you to really complain about it, then? What are you actually doing to impact change? I don't think civic engagement begins and ends with voting, not at all, but if you're not at least exercising your most fundamental rights, that's a problem.