We recently had election and only about a half of voters turned up for the vote.
Don't people realise it is their democratic right to vote, to be able to influence where we are going as society? Don't they realise what a priviledge this is compared to old times and places with no democracy. It is a duty and responsibility in my opinion. If you don't vote, then don't complain!
On one hand it's true that everyone should go and vote for the candidate they desire the most to see as a leader, but on another hand not going to elections makes more sense if there is no candidate you like and i'll explain why.
I always told other people to go and just cross all the candidates out if they didn't like them so that majority of my country would be involved in elections, but then I started thinking about it. If there is no candidate you like and as you said only 50% arrived in your country, what if 90% arrived but 40% simply crossed out every candidate? It means that almost half of the population doesn't like any of the candidates, but as 90% voted there must be a winner and this winner is winning with the votes of 90% of the population, but as we know 40% just didn't want him to win. That means it's pointless to go to elections if the candidates are without doubt worse than each other and many citizens know this. The winner will still get almost the same votes unless the reason is different from not liking any of the candidates.