Dr. Fleming on voting for the lesser of two evils:

Pragmatically, one has to decide how much less evil the lesser is, but surely there is a point at which one can truly say, “I will not vote in an election in which my vote will only reinforce the lie that elections are free and fair and that the candidates present a real choice. Does anyone remember the episode of the Prisoner in which Patrick McGoohan is lured into running in the phony election for the #2 spot? That was clearly McGoohan’s take on the politics of 30 years ago, and things are much much worse than they were then. I am not saying that it is necessarily wrong to vote for a major party candidate, but I do think that those who refuse to vote have a point in refusing to collaborate with a system they regard as oppressive.

Whom one chooses to vote depends upon, in part, what one thinks of voting and authority. Is a ruler merely an instrument of the people (even if he disappoints the electorate and turn out to have his own plans)? Or is he supposed to rule in accordance with the natural law and the common good, even if this goes against what the electorate desires? (There are also the questions of what the Federal Government is empowered to do and what can be down to limit its power through choosing people for office.)