<human>: Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?

I'll keep a long story short, I had a primary election for my local area today for several small positions and did not vote. I had found out about the election just the day prior and did not have the time to invest in finding out about which candidates supported what issues. Rather than go with my ticket (I am registered Rpublican but have voted on both sides in past elections) I chose not to vote at all. My mother found out and was not happy at all. She old me no matter what, you vote. I told her I was not comfortable voting without all ofthe facts and would rather not vote at all than vote on a Republican or Democratic Ticket.

I'm interested to see what Reddit has to say about what my mother and I discussed
Was I wrong to not vote? 
Has our culture disconnected from politics?
Do we simply side with a party because our parents did?
Are less or more independent that our parents were?
<bot>: has our generation (born from 1990s and on) disconnected from the politics and not invested in finding out what our candidates stand for and how can can we get it back to people caring about politics?