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In fairness, though, not all of those citizens are eligible to vote. I found a link that says there are 244 million eligible voters. That's now 30%.
https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/10-things-to-know-2024-presidential-election/
And not all eligible citizens are registered. Yes, I am aware that Republicans fuck with the voter rolls. I found a link that says there are 162m registered voters in the US, which seems low. But assuming it is accurate, we're now at 46%.
https://www.statista.com/topics/11901/2024-us-presidential-election/#topicOverview
There is no getting around the fact that we brought this on ourselves.
You can't just ignore the worst parts of the system. Many many people are disenfranchised and the dems haven't done anything to change that. Many people live in "red" or "blue" states where their vote doesn't matter at all and the dems haven't done anything to change that. Many people see no reason to register and again the dems are to blame for not offering a viable alternative. When less than 28% of USAians are willing to support your candidate, maybe the other 72% of the country isn't the problem.