With seven months until Election Day, I remain in the tiny pool of “undecided” voters. I detest the major party nominees in equal measure. Each time I find myself inching toward former President Donald Trump, for example, he reminds me of his uniquely malformed character. There is only one man on Earth who would attempt to market a $60 “God Bless the USA Bible” during Holy Week. And even the independent candidates are difficult to stomach — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to name a techno-utopian liberal from Silicon Valley as his running mate raised a field’s worth of red flags.
And, at the risk of being drawn and quartered, I find myself sincerely conflicted by some of the major issues of the day. I believe, for instance, that Social Security and Medicare should be left alone, but also that our national debt demands action. I believe that defending Ukraine from Russia is an important foreign policy priority, but nowhere near as important as defending Taiwan from China, which raises the matter of resource allocation. I believe in securing the border, but that we take as many legitimate asylum-seekers as possible. These tensions are difficult to resolve, especially in a rapidly shifting political landscape dominated by demonstrably unethical leaders.
