"Politics doesn't work for many people" in Wales, according to the chair of a group tasked with improving democracy.
Dr Anwen Elias, from Aberystwyth University is leading a team looking at how more people can get involved with politics at every level.
The group, which has been commissioned by the Welsh government, should report before the next Senedd election in 2026.
Dr Elias said: "The challenges that we are facing in Wales are not unique to Wales."
It is 26 years ago this week that Wales elected what was then the Welsh Assembly for the first time.
But fewer than half the people of Wales, 46%, turned out to vote.
That slumped to just 38% four years later, and there has never been an Assembly or Senedd election where more than half of those eligible to vote have voted.
Figures for Westminster elections have been higher than for the Senedd but only 56% of people turned out in last year's general election.
As a result of Prof Laura McAllister and Lord Williams' report into Wales' constitutional future, a panel has now been formed to look at what can be done to revive democracy in Wales.
