WEST HARWICH — If you're unenthusiastic about voting Democratic or Republican in next month's presidential election, Robert Aron has a place for you.

The mild-mannered, 71-year-old clinical psychologist wants you to consider voting Libertarian. He's the chairman of the Cape Cod Chapter of the Libertarian Party, and said he was drawn to the ticket because he couldn't see himself voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.

“It's very discouraging,” he said. He believes that Clinton is not trustworthy (“Either you love her or you hate her,” he said) and personally believes Trump is“a megalomaniacal narcissist.” He doesn't believe in not voting, either.

“I really don't believe the two-party system works anymore,” he said.

When he was young, Aron was a liberal-leaning Democrat, but as he grew older he started to see some of the party's beliefs as “a little bit naive.” He particularly felt that entitlement programs were being expanded uncontrollably without achieving their goals.

No doubt influenced by his Republican wife, Aron voted for GOP candidates for awhile. He was also influenced with a 10-year battle he had with government regulators who wanted to prevent him and his neighbors from rebuilding groins to hold back shorefront erosion near their home. The experience left him believing that sometimes the government can get too involved in citizens' lives.

Aron went to the Libertarian Party website and read the party's platform. While he didn't agree with everything there, “a hell of a lot of it makes just good common sense,” he said. The platform stresses the need for a balanced federal budget with spending cuts and the repeal of Obamacare; it also includes protections for gun owners and a commitment to reduce military spending and decrease America's military presence around the world.

Aron said Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson would be a capable leader, and he liked his running mate Bill Weld's record as Massachusetts governor years ago. Johnson is committed to change, and not just as a campaign slogan, he noted. One of the best things Johnson has going for him, Aron said, is who he isn't.

“To have to choose between a liar and a narcissist is terrible,” he said.

Aron has no misconceptions about his candidate's chances.

“Obviously Gary Johnson is not going to win,” he said. But if the Libertarian Party garners more than 5 percent of the popular vote in the presidential election, it will be eligible for federal campaign funds in 2020. As for this year's election, Aron rejects the idea that he'll be “throwing away” his vote. If people are dissatisfied with the government that the current two-party system has created, but they withhold a vote for a third party candidate, “then nothing's ever going to change,” he said.

Aron is admittedly disappointed that Johnson didn't have the opportunity to face off against Trump and Clinton in the first debate. That decision came from the Commission on Presidential Debates, and while Aron recognizes that it isn't practical to have candidates from the many little-known parties take part in the debate, Johnson should've been given his chance. He cited polls that say that some 17 million voters have said they will be casting a ballot for the Libertarian ticket.

“I don't think telling 17 million people 'you're irrelevant' is appropriate at all,” Aron said.

It seems fairly clear that the next president – either from left, right or center – faces the prospect of a deeply divided Congress. But if Americans elect a president who is truly ethical, that deadlock will break, Aron said.

Does that mean he's optimistic about the country's political future?

“I don't feel like moving to Canada,” he quipped.