There are a few reasons and many aren’t really new. I think a major part of it is just the two party system where it feels like you only have two options. Sure one is way worse but neither are ideal so most people are voting against the worst option rather than for something. I suspect the ones voting for something are more or less single issue voters or drank kool-aid. Then gerrymandering might make the vote basically pointless anyway.
Another problem is gridlock and effectiveness. For me the Democrats aren’t left enough and I don’t agree with their gun policy. For the policies I do agree with they don’t really seem to get much done. The system won’t feel like it’s working if it doesn’t infact do shit. Also if there was fewer problems in people’s lives they might not feel like shit needs to happen but there are some pretty obvious issues going on.
For a lot of people they get very upset about court rulings or “gifts”. These sorts of things often don’t feel democratic or fair. The effects of rolling back Roe are obviously bad but at the same time where were the federal protections put into place by the legislative branch? Why was it that courts were the only place to fix anti-abortion laws? When you look at the rulings involving guns I would agree with them but people against them often dismiss them as just another corrupt ruling. Seems like mainly just because they don’t agree. There doesn’t seem to be much reflection on that side about what the states were doing to get those rulings. There might be if the courts didn’t have other problems.
Then there is the whole fascism thing. That shouldn’t be popular. People voting for it doesn’t exactly give me hope for the state of democracy. Laws reduceing people’s freedom doesn’t either. There is also the weird pro-corporate stuff like corporate personhood concepts. For some reason money equals speech and some places are giving companies literal votes.
I have a little pry tool keychain thing. It has a bottle opener and flat head on it. The pry bar bit can also act like a big flat head for things that have a coin slot meant to tighten or open it. It’s not meant for nails or opening wooden crates.
Really it’s useful for any poking of prying that you shouldn’t be using a knife for but have a strange urge to. Also a package opener if people around are nervous about knives. The utility knife thing with a bit of crowbar glued to it probably doesn’t comfort others as it looks like how someone would design a tactical box cutter.