Id rather stay home than support a weak spineless party because they’re the lesser of two evils. This type of thinking is the reason we have a trash two part system. I’ll be ok. I got 6 months worth of money saved up.
But staying home is not going to change anything though. The binary system is not going away without a constitutional convention. It certainly is not going to happen while the Citizens United ruling is still in effect and mass amounts of donor money flows through the entire political system.
You also just said the democrats are the lesser of two evils, so how does not voting benefit you? You say you wouldn't be an apologist for weak dems but you would be an apologist for the GOP too.
There's only one party that goes to great lengths to
prevent or discourage people from voting. Voter suppression often targets a specific group of people, namely people of color and specifically African-Americans. Such as the North Carolina voter ID law which had parts of it struck down by the courts because it "targeted African-Americans with almost surgical precision". The state had gathered data on African-American voting patterns prior to passing said voter ID bill. A NC republican strategist/consultant stated on the record to Vox that of course the law targeted black people, but that it wasn't racist because they just happen to vote democratic in very high percentages and that's why they were targeted.
There is also gerrymandering. The GOP does well in state legislatures and governor races, so they have gotten to draw more districts. They're not the only ones gerrymandering of course but it primarily benefits them. What it essentially means in a short summary is that drawing the districts a certain way can result in one party getting more votes than the other but gaining significantly less seats. This makes voting even more important for those who are against the GOP as they have a statistical advantage due to the amount of gerrymandered districts in their favor.
Here's a recent example. Pennsylvania's Supreme Court rejected the state's congressional district map due to illegal partisan gerrymandering in the GOP's favor.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-republicans-congressional-maps-supreme-court
Midterm elections are very important as congress gets to decide what kind of legislation makes it to the president's desk in the first place. It shouldn't be understated.
As well as all the committees, congressional investigations, ...
The GOP
controls all branches of government so there's only so much you can expect from a party with a minority in every branch in this hyperpartisan era. On one hand you want the democrats to have more of a spine but on the other hand you don't want to put them in power to have any significant influence.
