I'm not responsible for anyone's vote but mine. So please tell me, would Trump have not been elected if I had voted differently?
For that matter, how about your vote... would the outcome have been any different at all if you had voted third party instead of for Clinton? (assuming that's how you voted)
It’s not just voting for the president. It’s also voting for his/her party. Trump and Trumpism is a symptom of the disease. The disease being a Republican Party that has chased out moderates and intellectuals (people who used to provide good ideas), corrupted by horrible socially awkward anti-government billionaires (Mercers, Adelsons, Kochs), given up its independence to a symbiotic relationship to hate radio and Fox News, and has let the southern strategy of wooing racists go unchecked for 40 years.
So even if you voted third party for president, who did you vote for locally? Since you’re from utah county, did you vote to elect trump enabler and republican John Curtis? Did you vote for mitt Romney and mike Lee? Have you donated to the Republican Party?
Even if Trump were impeached and indicted tomorrow, Trumpism would still reign in the GOP. Racism, corruption, and ant-intellectualism would still be running rampant.
The only way to fix the GOP is to reject it wholesale, locally and nationally. They must see devastating elections to force the party leadership to change.
BTW, trust me, doing what you can helps you feel good. One of the happiest times I’ve had in politics recently was working with Ben McAdams to end Mia Love’s miserable political career. Funny, Ben is now the most popular politician from our state. It’s almost as if... not enabling trump and standing for decency is a good thing! Meanwhile, Mitt’s spineless approach has given him the lowest approval rating of all our politicians.