I’m ashamed to admit that my brother never voted in his life and was not registered.
In the last Presidential election, he couldn’t get himself to the polls fast enough, to cast his ballot for Trump. He was practically tripping over his own feet to get there!
Knowing my brother (which you do not) who is the least ‘political person’ I know and who is really hard to MOVE.... on anything... it’s an incredible accomplishment!
He’s salivating to think of voting AGAIN for President Trump. I suspect he’s not unique in this.
Having lived in Michigan in the late 80’s/early 90’s I can understand why people gave up on voting.
Things only got worse from an economic and cultural decay perspective. Cities like Detroit and Flint continued to implode. All any of the elites ever did, Democrat or Republican, was shrug their shoulders and say “Sorry, Bud, but it’s a Brave New World of Globalism out there. This is your New Normal and you’ll just have to grin and bear it.”
Trump smashed that paradigm and the people became engaged again.