Not to be off-topic but because you asked... Because the only other real options for P/VP in 2008 and 2012 were even scarier to me each time, and I live in a s

Not to be off-topic but because you asked... Because the only other real options for P/VP in 2008 and 2012 were even scarier to me each time, and I live in a swing state. I also wasn't wowed by the third party candidates (but have voted for third party candidates before).