Attabari explains inclination as returning to disbelief, being loyal to Unbelievers, and accepting their behavior. I don't see any of these actions in political participation. Some believe that our political participation helps to maintain the status quo in non-Muslim countries, and we are required to change the status quo rather than be a part of it. This is an upside-down understanding. It is the isolation and withdrawal of a society's citizens from public life that leads to the maintenance of the status quo.
Participation is an attempt to change such conditions.
Our positive participation seeking to express Islam's morals and values resists the status quo - not our boycotting elections and withdrawing from society. This objection encompasses two misinterpretations. First, we have to consider two possible scenarios - one where Muslims are a majority, and the other where we are a minority. There is a great difference between the two situations. Furthermore, it is logically inconceivable in America today.