It can be tough sometimes to see the world outside of your own 'bubble' - a term I dislike but is apt in this case. 

The pages, groups and accounts I typically follow on social media have been in a bit of a tizzy since the NSW state election on the weekend.

Largely these groups that show up in my feed are aimed at people younger than let's say 40 and generally left-leaning.

A lot of people are wondering how Gladys Berejiklian was voted as Premier of NSW and how in the world could Mark Latham have won a spot in parliament?

Now, what follows is a broad generalisation, we don't quite yet have detailed electorate data to look at as to the suburbs and towns that voted the way they did.

However, in the lead up to the election I polled as many people as I could and anecdotally the sentiment from them and from many online was some form of 'I don't vote' or 'My vote doesn't count anyway so I don't care.'

How can the same people feel so passionately about the issues that affect them one week like pill testing, lockout laws and climate change and then turn around and not even engage with the exact process with which you can make the changes you desperately call for?

Now like I said, I'm generalising here, but the point stands. The reason the people 'you don't like' were elected is simply because the received more votes.

The people that voted for them did the thing they've always done, they walked in and voted.

They we're saying things like 'my vote doesn't count so I don't care' or 'I don't even bother voting, they're all stupid anyway.' They filled out the piece of paper, a process that takes minutes and it shows in the results.

If what you want in the future is the change you otherwise are happy to advocate for, you need to put in that effort and inform yourself of candidates, their policies and how they can affect you and vote accordingly.

Never assume things will work out they way you want if you're not willing to be a part of it too.