This primary season, vote for whomever you want

Is your favorite candidate down in the polls, and you don’t want to waste your vote on someone with little to no chance of winning? I have bittersweet news for you: Either way, your vote almost certainly won’t decide the election.

That means the time you spent considering whom to vote for was largely unnecessary, at least in terms of deciding the election. But it also means you can vote for your favorite candidate, no matter his or her poll numbers. Your conscience can remain clean knowing you stuck to your guns and voted on principle.