Who would you not vote for?

People used to talk about who they would vote for.
More and more, we seem to hear about who they would not vote for.

But I have to ask, what exactly is accomplished by not voting for someone?

Let's say we have two candidates - A and Z.
Candidate A is from the party you would normally vote for.  However, Candidate A has a stance on one issue that you refuse to support.
Candidate Z is from the party you would not normally vote for.  Not surprisingly, Candidate Z takes a position on many issues that are in opposition to your views.

That one issue - let's call it Issue #7 - with Candidate A caused you to not vote for that person.

Therefore - you choose not to vote at all.

Some people think this is the only option.  They can't support someone in favor of Issue #7 - so they won't vote at all.

But - what have you accomplished by choosing not to vote at all?

What about the very real possibility that Candidate Z wins?
This happens because you are not alone in your opposition to Issue #7.
You've told others not to vote for that person either.
So - not wanting to vote for Candidate Z either - they also choose not to vote.

People supporting Candidate Z have no such problems voting for that person.
They, in fact, are in total agreement with the stand that both candidates took on Issue #7.
But they also like the stand taken by Candidate Z on Issues #1-6 as well.
If you haven't figured it out yet - you are in opposition to Candidate Z's stand on Issues #1-6.

So - you and those like you have just essentially voted in Candidate Z - who you totally disagree with - because so many of you decided that you couldn't vote for Candidate A because of A's stand on one of the 7 Issues.

Again - what exactly do you think you've accomplished?

Especially if the Issue's have things to do with your religious beliefs?

Is it really better that - by not voting - someone you totally disagree with wins, as opposed to someone you mostly agree with?

Any Biblical references to this dilemma?  

The Old Testament

Well - let's go back to Moses.  Originally, Moses was the one and only judge - because he was the one who would determine God's will for all the people's disputes.