Its a good question and I'm not sure of an answer.
If you follow the lessor of two evils philosophy then you should vote. Odds are that your desires will be better filled by someone in your party than someone outside under most circumstances. The primary system means moderates mostly get trashed these days so the odds of the other party nominating someone who can live with is very low.
If you think your party has no chance in an election, then I'd vote, even if I wasn't happy with the other guy. Politicians get wacky when they think they have a 'mandate' and view it as a reason to go nuts on their pet projects. If its close some may keep the wacky factor down because they are thinking about reelection.
Now if you think everyone just sucks equally, there is no reason to vote.
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