"I'm not doubting that. But when it comes time to pull that lever, a decision has to be made. If you always pull it for the Republican, no matter what, then your ability of your vote to influence the Republicans diminishes to zero.
So by all means we should also do things other than voting, to influence the Republicans. But if those efforts don't come to fruition when election day comes around (which unfortunately is the case all too often), then there has to be one final stick to wield."
The most constructive thing you could ever do with your political life would be to spread that view among the Democrats.
Please work to convince them that the way to further their goal for political control is to sit out elections, or even better, siphon off people and financing to a third party.
Personally I wish all the best for the Green party, I only wish the liberals would splinter into even more parties, or just become so frustrated they refuse to show up at the polls at all.
Is that why the MSM featured Ralph Nader so prominently in the last two elections while barely mentioning at all the Libertarian and Constitution Parties?
One thing that liberals understand - and all too many conservatives don't - is that it's more important that their views get prominence than that they win every election.