The key issue in US politics is that the Democrats have achieved a monopoly on reasonable governance. The right has completely abandoned moderation in favor of

The key issue in US politics is that the Democrats have achieved a monopoly on reasonable governance. The right has completely abandoned moderation in favor of active malice. That means it doesn't matter who the Democrats put up for election. A fucking golden retriever would get my vote, because the GOP is committed to overt evil. That's not to say the Democrats are saints, or even not also evil. Most of them are in it to line their own pockets. But at least they're doing that without actively trying to make things worse. So they're approximately adequate. Voting third party introduces massive risk that the mustache-twirling, overtly fascist sympathizing party takes power, which isn't acceptable to most reasonable people. Which is why we need to get rid of first-past-the-post voting, but unfortunately those same parties that are currently entrenched in power are the only ones with the power to make that reform.