But I thought this was about more than presidential elections though? By your logic, I'm not insulting the people smart enough to participate in midterms and turn out for local voting. Those people that I'm talking about would be beneath you since they don't see the big picture and are short sighted. I guess we can agree there. They are dumb.
Couple things we have to remember that in 2016 was no only for the Presidential election.
-The entire House was voted on
-Many states had a state race
-All states had state legislative races
-There was races for governors, majors, judges, sheriffs, etc. and direct vote ballot initiatives.
So if people sat you this election just because of the presidential race, they also sat out a major local and state election.
Secondly, federal government support states and cities a lot. Especially when there is a black city or state trapped in a white control, white supremacist state. For example black cities in the deep South have been trying to raise the minimum wage as a anti poverty measure, it would help pull tons of black folk in the area out of federal defined poverty. White controlled state government block these efforts. The best way around this is having the federal minimum wage be raised.
A ton of work on the local level can be undone by conservatives at the state and federal level. A ton of good work can be funded through progressive budgets. Civil Rights gains in courts can either be impeded or accelerated based on the ideology of the Attorney General. That is why having a federal government be progressive is important. It doesn't solve everything, I never claim that it is a panacea, but having it working in unison with your interest can bring about massive gains and accelerate work being done on at the local level.