Joseph Albrecht - This is from an outsiders perspective. I'm a registered nonpartisan libertarian. Dad was a stanch Democrat from 1931 to 1972, when he felt the leftward drift of the DNC had gone too far and he voted GOP for the first time in his life. The Democratic Party left Dad, not the other way around.

I know a lot of GOP who feel the same way. They feel un-represented by the GOP's progressive policies. If they were honest with themselves, they felt unrepresented by Stevens, who was a big-money GOP progressive. I can't explain Trump and why any conservative would support him, except that they believe they have to vote for a main party candidate in order to not "throw away" their vote. They're hoping selecting an utter outsider will shake things up and drag the GOP back to the conservative base of the 1990s.

It won't. But neither would voting for Hillary fix the country's disastrous economic problems.

Both parties picked EVIL candidates. Solution? Vote 3rd party.