I should preface this with the declaration that I&#x27;m not trying to start a debate about which presidential candidate to vote for. People get really touchy about that -- I&#x27;m just talking about the logic that you are criticizing, because I don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s particularly sad.<p>I don&#x27;t see why even your characterization of the situation is &quot;deplorable.&quot; Let&#x27;s accept that Clinton is a &quot;criminal&quot; -- that doesn&#x27;t necessarily <i>disqualify</i> her for public office, so the question becomes whether it bothers voters enough to matter. Personally, I think Donald Trump would be the worst president in the history of the United States. I have lots of opinions about lots of politicians, but he&#x27;s probably the only one that I&#x27;m genuinely scared of.<p>I&#x27;d prefer almost <i>anybody</i> over Trump -- that Clinton may have broken federal laws is just another bullet point in the pros&#x2F;cons list. I&#x27;d have voted for Eugene Debs while he was literally in prison, and hundreds of thousands of people did.[1]<p>People bemoan the whole &quot;lesser of two evils&quot; thing, but I always wonder: <i>What&#x27;s the alternative?</i> I&#x27;m not saying that I give up on improving the system, because there&#x27;s a lot that could be improved. But &quot;lesser of two evils&quot; is just a negative way of saying &quot;my preference.&quot;<p>Politicians have a zillion positions, you&#x27;re never going to agree with one 100% -- and if you do, great, but that means there are literally millions of other people who don&#x27;t. You pick the one who gets the government a step closer to what you want it to be.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_States_presidential_election,_1920#Other_candidates" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_States_presidential_ele...</a>