Max is disenchanted with the american political system. he feels the "one man one vote" philosophy is a facade and that his vote means virtually nothing and will just bring "more of the same." based on this information, max's is likely experiencing

 based on this information, max's is likely experiencing : Voter aphaty
Voter aphaty is the lack of caring in Elections.
People that have voter aphaty tend to be caused by these followings:
- They genuinely do not care about the political situation in their country
- Or they do care but they somehow disappointed by all the potential representative, so they choose to stay away from the election