I was talking with an individual who is known to the area’s readers when the topic of voting entered the conversation. He said he had voted in the past for people who he disliked the least. It seems he doesn’t care for politicians. Reading between the lines, he doesn’t vote in primaries because he doesn’t like either party, he thinks both parties and the people running for office are self-serving and makes dupes of the voters.

After the conversation was over, it occurred to me he was voicing the attitude of many people I know. I doubt he voted for Trump because he is against everything Trump says. I think he is smart enough to know how the Republican Party has smeared Hillary Clinton for almost four decades, but did he vote for her? I don’t know. I also don’t know who his pick for Governor was, but my gut says it wasn’t Rauner because he knows of him.

How many other people do the same thing when they vote? How many wives vote the way their husbands tell them and children as their parents’ advise?

I really wonder if it is better for people to not vote or to vote based on misinformation and lies. The President has lied over 6,000 times since taking office and many voted based on what he said. Exit polls showed over 60% of those who voted this November did so because of him, not his policies. The question is still the same. Should a voter go to the polls if their knowledge is based on lies? I hope readers will give their opinions.