Progressive Politics

I used to work for the party and had access to the VAN database (Democratic party database). Also remember that specific information being passed around. IIRC, this had been true most of my life up to that point (2008). I suspect it is still true. If voter turnout was high, Republicans would lose so many races their impact on the country would be negligible. It shows you why turning away voters and discouraging voters is a cornerstone of their strategy.

The thing is if we actually showed up the whole country would shift left. This would force both parties to move left to compensate for the shift in their districts and the angry disaffected voters would actually get what they wanted. But for some reason how our system works is basically magic to most people. So instead some throw up their hands and say "my vote doesn't matter anyway".