Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt said the numbers indicate “historic levels of anger and disgust with our political and economic systems.”

Nearly 6 in 10 voters say the economic and political systems are stacked against people like them, tying a record high over roughly 40 years of national NBC News polling.

According to the latest NBC News survey, 59% of registered voters agreed that those systems are stacked against them, while 38% disagreed with that sentiment and 3% were not sure.

The share who agreed with that notion tied a high point in April 1992, a record set after NBC News began polling this question in 1988.

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      Make registration automatic and voting mandatory. Require ranked choice for every election of a person as well as a “none of the above” option. If a majority of voters pick “none of the above” as their #1 choice, hold a new election for that office with all new candidates.

      edit: also make mail-in the standard for all votes.

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        Make registration automatic and voting mandatory.

        That’s a slippery slope since voting is a right. But it is a civic duty to vote, and that right should be exercised to use.

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          all the other things I said were to ensure that you have every capacity to vote how you truly prefer rather than being dictated to select one of a small group. If you currently don’t vote as a protest against the candidates, voting for “none of the above” accomplishes that while taking away the interpretation that you didn’t vote because you don’t care.