We recently had elections in my home country (the U.S.)
My current protocol is to vote in local county elections and (for now) in state-wide elections, but I will no longer vote in federal elections. My feeling is that voting is part of a 'manufactured consent' psychological operation. Having only a choice between two shitty candidates who are both selected by the ruling oligarchy is a sham. I feel that by specifically NOT participating in the sham I am not giving my consent to be governed and not lending my support to the charade.
At this point I feel that the states and the people would be better off to dissolve the union and either start over again or govern themselves as autonomous sovereign units. Equally important, the rest of the world would be MUCH better off if the union (the _United_ States) were dissolved. Should this come to pass I hope it would happen peacefully and via the wishes of the super-majority of the people, but it is very unlikely to play out that way
Probably the only way it will happen is under a 'conspiracy' engineered as a stepping-stone to consolidate the entire planet into a single governed entity. That is to say, the so-called 'New World Order' that so many of 'our' so-called leaders cannot stop talking about.
Currently I would still give a state-sized unit some hope even though my state went very much backward in the most recent election and I don't see much hope that it will turn around and start moving forward again due to simple demographic trends and considerations. At the county level I feel that things do operate fairly well, and I don't live in an incorporated area (e.g., a city.)