Yep...like hitting your head against a brick wall (as it usually is..). It's said that actually less and less people are going voting, I don't know in the US, but at least last time in Spain, France and here in Italy there were lots of non voters. Unfortunately I believe it was more due to nihilism (or still waiting for "the right one") than an actual growth in awareness, so I don't know if this is positive or otherwise...