I’m undecided on who I will vote for Governor in 2022 🗳

I rarely if ever vote for the major party candidates. I usually vote for a mixture of libertarians and green party candidates, although I will occasionally vote for a major party candidate cross endorsed on the conservative or when there is a chance to elect a bomb thrower that will make democracy entertaining by forcing the politicians to bicker.

For one as a political director I’m aware more than most people that politics is mostly a game and a rigged one at that. While elections generally aren’t rigged in the sense that ballot counting machines don’t accurately record ballots or that ballots are manipulated, they are in all other ways. Political districts are drawn to maximize power of incumbents, laws are designed to maximize the ease of reelection of incumbents. Political messaging is carefully managed to encourage people to vote a certain way for incumbents. Every party enrollment data point, recent election results and polling data is carefully studied to do everything persuade voters. But politics a lot of bull crap and everyone knows it.

The best way to make change is to move a community that supports your own views and interests. You are better off associating yourself with like minded individuals and focusing on individual self improvement then voting. Chances are things won’t change much in your life or the general tradectory of the state based on who gets free living accommodations in that Gothic mansion once by a railroad barron on Eagle Street.

So I’m undecided on who to vote for Governor. I could leave the ballot blank or maybe I could write in somebody like Larry Sharpe. I will probably vote early as it’s a low cost activity but I’m not sold on any of the candidates this year. I really don’t think voting for Lee Zeldin will do much for my gun rights, or my general freedom to own land or live the rural life. But I do think someday, not that far off in the future to a state that respects my rights will do a lot to protect my rights.