One of the practical effects of your grandstanding is tacit endorsement of an unpredictable authoritarian becoming commander-in-chief of the largest and most powerful military in human history. Another effect is revealing your total naivete concerning our political system, and I say that as a twenty-five year old. Also, I must quote this article again, which speaks directly to your point. [Emphasis author's.]If she can't stand on her own merits as a candidate, then she doesn't deserve my support.
A second objection reflects a common belief people have about voting: it suggests that one should always vote in accordance with the candidate that most reflects one’s values. It’s a very powerful inclination, felt deeply by those who believe that one must stick by what one believes, no matter the cost. But this position excessively romanticizes the act of voting itself, and treats casting a ballot as more significant than it actually is. It sees elections as being a key way in which one expresses one’s personal moral identity, instead of simply being a means to a possibly marginally better set of outcomes. What matters is not who you vote for, what matters is what happens in the world as a result.