Subject: Re: TOP SECRET//NOFORN
I vote for who I believe is the better candidate for the position one is running for, not along party lines.

That used to be me, also. But now the better candidate (at least in Arizona) is consistently the "D". I can't speak for your state. Not that all the D-candidates are great (I'm looking at you, Sinema), but leaps and bounds better than the alternatives I'm offered.

As I said, I hope that changes in my lifetime. But I'm not optimistic. The Republican Party continues to spiral down into the cesspool (calling it a "swamp" is an insult to swamps). Heck, the R-candidate for governor insisted (and still insists) that both she and Trump won their elections, even though it was clear they didn't. Even their shady recounters couldn't come up with the votes to swing the election (in Arizona).