Which makes their position even more illegitimate as it shows people have no interest in supporting them, which is then grounds for removal of those in government power. When you vote, you only legitimize their position when your vote loses or wins. Take St Louis for example, the city is expanding new laws with only 1% voting, it's already raising eyebrows from many people and pissing them off. This is one of the crap they accused Saddam Hussein of doing being his tyrant self and some how it's not ok for him, but ok for the US.