And here is one reason why I don't advocate a younger voting age.
Here we are, adults with a fair amount of knowledge and reasonable concern over our political process, and we cannot come to a conclusion as to the best course of action.
Go to the libertarians (throw away your vote), refuse to vote (ibid), vote for the lesser of two evils (compromise), etc.
I too have this quandry, ART, as I strongly disapprove of things the Republicans have been doing on the Right to Life front, among other things.
I personally do not think that withholding my vote is an option, however. To me, this is throwing in the towel, as it were, which is akin to giving up. I think a vote for the Greens, American Socialists, Libertarians, etc. is preferable even if ineffectual.
For myself, I have had to weigh the issues in my mind and I will probably continue to favor Republicans while looking carefully at the stance of each politician before making the final decision on who to vote for.
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"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis
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