What particular issues do you have with each of the four candidates?
Ok here we go:
Hillary: I'm disappointed by her handling of the e-mails. It shows poor judgement.
I don't like how she seems to latch onto things/ideas because it's politically convenient, not necessarily because it's the right thing to do. (Her stance on LGBT issues compared to Bernie comes to mind)
Beyond that, the 'baggage' surrounding her campaign is just a real turn off to me, whether or not it's true or not.
Stuff like Debbie Wasserman Schultz supposedly doing whatever it takes to ensure she'd get the nomination.
Stuff like that anchor passing debate questions to her team so she could have a leg up.
It's all shady. It's not a good look and the alleged stuff that happened in the primary alone has made me 110% disillusioned with the Democratic party - I thought they were better than this shit. Guess not.
It's funny but this is like the one political thing that LeVel and I can likely agree upon. A strong dislike for Hillary.
Trump - his crazy comments/opinions/followers aside...I initially thought he was just doing it for the lulz, hell maybe even as a Trojan Horse for the DNC/Hillary considering his friendship with them in the past.
I'd never in a million years vote Republican, I just don't agree with pretty much any of their party world views, despite Donald shaking things up in a slightly more socially liberal way.
If I was leaning that way it would turn me off knowing that he also won't give a concrete plan for some of his most famous ideas. (How is he going to get Mexico to pay for his wall? What is he going to transform the Insurance Marketplace into? How? How much? What coverage will it reduce/increase?)
His debate performances didn't inspire confidence that he truly knew his shit.
I want a President that knows. their. shit. That's admittedly an advantage for Hillary.
Johnson - he sounds like a pretty nice guy. He hasn't said anything terribly crazy a'la Trump.
But again, there's that
knowledge thing again - I expect my president to know what the fuck Aleppo is or at least surround him/herself with sharp people who do know and prepare him/her accordingly.
Also, and this isn't something against him, I don't really subscribe to a lot of the stances of the Libertarian party, mainly cutting as much govt. as possible. It can be good, sure, (looking at you, potential mandatory self driving car......) but have unintended consequences. It would really have to be thought through.
Stein - she's smart, sure, but like Trump and Johnson....there's this knowledge problem - she tries to suggest how she'll pay off student loans through quantitative easing, ....yeah that's not how that works.
It doesn't inspire confidence that she'll have the knowledge base she needs quickly enough to determine whether her plans are feasible.
She too is vague about much of her plans. How is she going to pay for healthcare reform? The transition plan she has for people displaced from fossil fuel jobs while they train for green energy ones?
Concerningly, she fuels conspiracy theorists and may be one herself. Her wishy-washy stance on vaccines comes to mind. As a doctor, she should know better.
I'll admit, I was/am a Bernie Bro. It was/is naive to believe he wouldn't have to deal with the same stalemate that Obama has been in for a while in terms of being able to pass things, but still a guy could dream.
On the plus side, his departure has managed to highlight the need for local voting - the Republican party has a in built advantage due to the age of most constituents. They have the time and the drive to vote in these local and state govt elections and who they elect has a great impact on you day to day.
So at the end of the day, ill likely hold my nose and vote for Jill. I may take a "I side with" again just to see if anything changed.
It's a fucking shame that there's zero Candidates that I could vote for and be proud of. Absolutely fucking zero.