Do it all scientific like...

So maybe you've heard that there is an election coming up. I know I have. And lo and behold! My favorite candidate has dropped out. Now, I have heard some others suggest that the only candidate whose values would always align 100% with their own is themselves. This is an interesting, if not obvious point. Now as a voter who will not be voting for himself, as I suspect you also are, we must establish what our options are before we move forward. We have many, and so I will try to enumerate what I suspect the top choices are.

1. Vote party loyal
2. Vote against party to punish it for not choosing my candidate
3. Vote against person I dislike most
4. Not Vote at all
5. Vote my conscience
6. Vote for most viable candidate who's values most align with my own

Now, there may be more options, but we'll consider these. Now first I will eliminate all of the options that are stupid:

1. Vote party loyal
2. Vote against party to punish it for not choosing my candidate
3. Vote against person I dislike most
4. Not Vote at all
5. Vote my conscience
6. Vote for most viable candidate who's values most align with my own

You may be saying "whoa whoa whoa... why would all of those options be stupid?"
I would answer like this.
Option 1 requires no thought. You could be voting for Satan, but as long as there is an "R" by his name, so be it.

Option 2 requires some thought, but is essentially like Option 1; You could be voting for Satan, but as long as she doesn't have an 'R' by her name, so be it.

Option 3 is stupid because it is a slightly modified version of Option 2. It goes something like...' Boy I sure don't like Satan, but i REALLY don't like that Romney fella..."

Option 4 is stupid because voting is our power and our duty; it is the way in which we can give power to people who we want to represent us. By not voting, you are giving more power to the people who are voting for the two candidates that you don't like enough to vote for.

I'll let this stew in your mind for a bit before continuing to tell you how it is.