I guess you didn’t see what happened in 2006, 2008, and 2010. All three elections happened as a result of voting against the unpopular President in office. I’m betting that 2014 will end up just like 2010.
I saw — I just think that much voter apathy is because neither of the two [main] parties actually cares about the citizenry.
The Republican party is particularly loathesome because it has absolutely no intention of carrying out any of its stated platform planks; if it did how would McCain or Romney possibly be the face they endorsed for President? Seriously, those guys were chosen because either (a) they were Democrat in all but name, or (b) they were the only ones able to lose; neither choice is 'good' because the only conclusion from them is that the (R) party is complacent and/or complicit.
This sort of citizen-apathy/political-elite-superiority-complex is a direct result of The American Caste System.