Keep at it, and hopefully you will get there. I remember when my vote was worth less than 1 cent... I used to get really excited when I upvoted a post that was on like 0.999 cent, so my upvote actually made it go from 0 to 1. Lol.
But they are making changes, and at one point, I was actually able to give out 1.60 per upvote, and it was so fucking satisfying to be able to give the people I support something.
If you decide to stick around and work at acquiring more STEEM, I am sure you will be feeling just as satisfied when you are able to dish out something other than nothing too.
Time are changing... :D I managed 4 cents on 50% voting power. More than nothing but not much more. I am working on getting as much SP as I can get my hand on in the coming months and hopefully I can get to that dollar mark soon. In the meantime I just @randowhale the posts of the persons that I am trying to support as that stretches the reach of my "vote" the most.