I completely agree with you. At this point everyone has pretty much decided whose side they are on. That was one of the big shocks to me from the 2020 election.

Only 8 million White voters, just over 2% of the voting pool, shifted away from the Republican party. After four years of Trump that was all of them who couldn't align themselves with the Republicans anymore.

That was a big shock to everyone I think. The Republican establishment was pretty sure a lot of moderate White voters had been alienated and internal polls suggested there might be a "Blue Wave".

The Dems thought so as well. They really expected big margins in the House and real control of the Senate. Biden really thought he could build a bipartisan working coalition.

That he could "return things to the old normal"

What the election proved is that there are no moderate White voters. So, on that point we are in complete agreement.

What we probably disagree on is the idea of getting non-voters to vote. That's a mirage that will do nothing but break your heart.

The last 200 or so years have really been a bonanza for political science. There have been so many events so closely recorded that there is a wealth of data on how things "really work". As opposed to how we would like them to work.

Here's a basic rule of thumb. In most societies 40% of the population doesn't care who is running the show. They never participate, ever.

American Revolution: 30% Loyalist, 30% Revolutionary, 40% Apathetic.

Civil War: 30% Pro Slavery, 30% Anti Slavery, 40% Apathetic.

Russian Revolution, Mexican Revolution, Mexican Civil War, Spanish Civil War, Nazi rise to power in Germany, whatever you want to look at, about 40% of the population just doesn't care. All they want is to be left alone.

That 40%. The ones who think "all politics is dirty business" and "it doesn't matter which side you vote for, they are both the same".

Control of those people and the ability to tax them, that's "the prize" that the other 60% fight over.

That basic pattern hasn't changed much as far as we can tell, since we have been human. That's our default group dynamic.

So, the idea of "growing" the voting pool seems like a fruitless distraction and wasted effort to me. It's been tried over and over again. It has never worked.