MORRIS: Won't lose any sleep voting for Libertarian Donald Rainwater in Indiana

I’m thinking of doing something different in the gubernatorial election. Some will say I would be wasting my vote.
The same temptation teased me in the 2016 presidential election. Disgusted that our political process delivered the two worst candidates imaginable in Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I flirted with the idea of going third party or simply staying home and not voting at all.
In the end, I resisted the urge.
Giving serious thought to voting for Rainwater
It was going to be a close enough election that relatively few votes could make a difference. If I abandoned my usual practice – voting for the candidate, however flawed, who most matched my world view – it would not be just a wasted vote. It would have the effect of voting for the other candidate. It made no sense to make a point by voting against my own interests.
But the situation is different in the governor’s race this year, so I’m giving serious thought to ignoring Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb and Democratic challenger Woody Myers and casting my vote for Libertarian Donald Rainwater.
It doesn't seem like a close election - let me use my vote to make a point
For one thing, this doesn’t seem to be a close election. Holcomb is likely to win by such a wide margin that an individual ballot will hardly matter. I can use my vote to make a point without worrying about the outcome.

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