Things are bad, now, political party wise. But imagine the quality of candidates we would get if there were anything near 100% - in the primaries and in the general.

As it is, the primaries are why we have what we have. A small minority can nominate/elect the candidate who turns the crazy to 11.

So we don't get a lot of good choices. But if everybody did their duty and participated, it would get better. So, unfortunately, we still have to vote for the least bad candidate. But vote we must, if we want it to ever get better.

I call it a duty. It is not required that people do their duty, but there are consequences for not doing it. I voted for Hillary, #IGuessImWithHer. She was a terribly flawed candidate, and I really couldn't get behind most of what she's about. But look at the consequences for not voting.

I have been voting since Jimmy Carter. And every time the better candidate or party in power loses to an inferior candidate, there is much chattering about what happened and why. Here is the truth every time: more people voted for the other guy. Period. End of story. Do your duty. Vote. Even if it hurts.