Voting One's Conscience

[Kuroneko]

80. Risk assessment

Trump says everything and it’s opposite. He’s a loose cannon and an unknown quantity.

On the opposite, the democratic candidates are well known. And one of them has a serious baggage, from a progressive point of view, particularly in the domains of war, trade and finance.

Then it can be seen as a choice between a democrat who will pursue probably with success a politic that one opposes and a republican who will be at worst a lame duck because both parties hate him.
The down side is that if Trump is serious with his rhetoric the situation could become really ugly. The risk is very small, but it does exist.

Another point is that even if one votes only to oppose a candidate, the beneficiary of the vote always takes it as a mandate. Then casting a vote for a politic that one disagree should only be done with caution as it become by fact an active support.

By the way, as a foreigner I can’t and I’m only a neutral observer.