I approach elections from the plumb line of simple core conservative principles, also. Then I campaign for and vote for candidates that will actually be able to move public policy in those directions.
The parable of the talents... I try to invest my time and voting power into producing results for God instead of burying them with self-righteous piety but producing absolutely nothing.
Compromising core truth, and moral principle, produces no results for God. Nor does it produce any real results for the country, not in the end. You’re fooling yourself.