Not only do we not know, we don't vote when we do.
If you don't vote, including locally, you have no right to bitch about how your nation acts.
Not voting is NEVER a form of dissent... that is an excuse for being lazy and ignorant.

I agree, but I know that a lot of people disagree with that line of thinking.

Of course, they are lazy, physically and intellectually.

Nope. When we vote we give sanction to the system. If you don't buy into the idea that the majority owns everything and everyone, one rational response is to not give the system your support. I vote but every time I do I have to consider that whoever wins will use my support for the system as an excuse to initiate force. It could even be argued that the act of voting is an initiation of force, although I rationalize it as more of a defensive measure.