Part of the problem here is that we don't have a very good range of views represented in our political parties. The Republicans actually have a pretty diverse m

Part of the problem here is that we don't have a very good range of views represented in our political parties. The Republicans actually have a pretty diverse mix of traditional conservatives, neoconservatives and libertarians. The Democrats, on the other hand, are almost pathologically centrist. The most popular politician in America is a left-wing Democrat who supports free public universities and halving student loan interest rates, but rather than trying to cultivate that popularity, the Democratic Party can barely mask its contempt for him. So if those are the sorts of causes you support, you really will have a hard time finding good candidates to vote for, but your best bet is probably to vote in Democratic primaries and try to push them a bit left.