> All the while voter turnout is a complete joke.

To be fair, the US electoral system is designed to discourage or outright disenfranchise most voters:

* First-past-the-post, winner-take-all elections ensure that anyone who isn't living in a swing state/district may as well not bother.

* Heavy gerrymandering exacerbates this effect.

* Voter suppression tactics like attacking mail-in ballots and closing voting locations makes it more difficult for those people who still want to vote. Note that Voter ID laws are included in this because there still live today people who were denied birth certificates due to segregation-era hospitals refusing non-white mothers delivery care.

* Holding elections on non-holiday weekdays makes it harder for those living paycheck-to-paycheck and working hourly jobs, though this is blunted somewhat by states which allow early voting.