I can't speak for Tennessee, but I bet it's like most parts of the country. In my county we have something on the order of 37000 voters. Roughly 6000 voted in t

I can't speak for Tennessee, but I bet it's like most parts of the country. In my county we have something on the order of 37000 voters. Roughly 6000 voted in the last election. I ran two different campaigns and that meant our win number was just north of 3000. We have a relatively small population under 50 -- and none of them vote. Almost every problem in my county - housing, limited job prospects, etc -- can be traced to the morons that are in office. So, I'm recruiting the heck out of candidates, rebuilding the infrastructure to get them elected, running campaigns, etc. So yeah, the parent poster isn't wrong - you gotta get people out to vote, but you are right to that you've got to be a force for change in the overall system too. EDIT: Realized I should have noted that while we have 37000 voters, our population is around 62000... so even getting people registered to vote is a major need.