This is almost word for word what I tell students.
Even if you’ve been disillusioned by what’s happening at the state and federal level, you need to get out and shore up your local politics.
Voting can be an important tool. It’s just one tool. What we also need is better organization and a willingness to sufficiently press power between elections. We’ve been far too polite a populace. We’re going to have to stomach some disruption we haven’t been willing to though.