I'm with you. A couple of changes would make voting slightly more tempting:
. Ranked choice voting. People could then both make a third-party vote AND a lesser-of-the-evils vote. Interesting statistics would emerge which aren't available now, even if the final vote tally of the two major parties were not affected.
. Changes to law such that promises made on the campaign trail were legally binding. As things stand, politicians can, and do, promise X and immediately change to not X once in office.
I probably still wouldn't vote, for the reasons you summarize, but I might be tempted.
I'm with you. A couple of changes would make voting slightly more tempting:
. Ranked choice voting. People could then both make a third-party vote AND a lesser-of-the-evils vote. Interesting statistics would emerge which aren't available now, even if the final vote tally of the two major parties were not affected.
. Changes to law such that promises made on the campaign trail were legally binding. As things stand, politicians can, and do, promise X and immediately change to not X once in office.
I probably still wouldn't vote, for the reasons you summarize, but I might be tempted.