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 Same - because I believe that demoralizing voters is one of the goals of the system that presents two impossible candidates. It drives up angst and feelings of hopelessness. It’s just one more grind that makes people amenable to “solutions” they would otherwise reject with force.

In 2020 I couldn’t get myself to vote for Trump even though I expected a horror show from Biden. I think I voted for the libertarian candidate, but I don’t even remember who that was.

Local elections here’s are just as bad.

My new favorite write-in candidate now is “gfy”. For all offices. 
 I wrote in "Ron Paul" for a few elections and now I'd be inclined to just draw a big X on the paper and give up a purposefully-invalidated ballot.

We still have some interesting small parties, in Europe, tho. Let's see how they did today...