the lesser of two evils [View all]

[Fresh_Start]

I understand disappointment and anger about not having your team win
I understand thinking that the other side/supporters are idiots

been there, done that.

But I don't understand not voting for the lesser of two evils.
While your non-vote is not a vote for the GOP, it strengthens the GOP because your vote has reliably been there to cancel out a vote for the GOP. So in effect, your non-vote does strengthen the GOP position.

You may not understand this, but many of us who prefer Clinton would vote for Sanders if he won the nomination.
And when we would cast that vote, we would be voting for the lesser of two evils in our minds.
Maybe we dislike Bernie a little less than you dislike Hillary, but we would still be compromising with ourselves to support your candidate.

And you would want us to vote for the lesser of two evils because you would want your nominee to win
and you would be angry if we withheld our vote because our team didn't win

but we care enough about our neighbors and family and friends, that we will do what is better for others...while we suffer our own disappointment