Why vote for the lesser of two evils when you can vote for the greater good? All across America, thousands of voters are still deciding who they want to vote for as their president of 2016. Many can describe this election season as the utmost outrageous season of the century. There seems to be two candidates that are going head to head when the general election occurs, and that’s Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Hillary of the Democratic Party, and Trump of the GOP.

Trump became the nominee after the other GOP candidates suspended their campaign by the boatload, exiting were: Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, and Jeb Bush. Bernie Sanders, originally an Independent, joined the Democratic Party and his followers continued to follow his movement for a political revolution. But recently Bernie has pretty muched endorsed Clinton, and many were disappointed because his entire campaign was about “getting rid of the establishment.”

Now with Hillary as the Democratic nominee, and Trump as the GOP nominee, people are torn between who to vote for because they dislike both of the candidates. Trump’s campaign has a legacy for his inflammatory statements by calling Mexican illegal immigrants “rapists and killers,” and also stating that America needs a wall to be built to keep out the illegal immigrants. If you can get by that and still think he’s a good candidate, Trump was endorsed by not only a member of the KKK but also by North Korea. If you’re still thinking about voting for him, consider his running mate, Senator Mike Pence who has quite a reputation: helping sign a bill of discrimination of same-sex couples by disguising it as “religious beliefs,” helped defund planned parenthood in his state, and is loyal to the NRA.

If you’re thinking of voting for Hillary, there is a lot of dirt on her as well. She has been under investigation by the FBI for a while for going against strict regulations by using a personal email while being Secretary of State, which contained “sensitive information.” People know her as someone who played a big role in the Benghazi incident where Americans were sadly killed. She is known by some as being “the establishment” because she only cares about “big money, big corporations, and Wall Street.” And others say she is known for pandering for votes, such as flip flopping her view on same sex marriage when SCOTUS legalized it. It is also very interesting to note that her husband, former president, Bill Clinton, signed DOMA into law. DOMA is the Defense of Marriage Act which federally defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman. There are several other issues that she is known for flip flopping.

So this is why people are torn in this election. Do they want to elect a “racist xenophobe” or a “lying panderer”? Well, to be honest, many Americans are planning on voting for a third party this year, either Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, or Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Some are planning on writing in Bernie Sanders, even after his endorsement of Clinton.

Jill Stein of the Green Party has identified herself as the “greater good” of the lesser of two evils, which would be Trump and Hillary. Many of Bernie’s supporters are leaning towards Jill as they do not trust Hillary and would never vote for Trump. Unlike Hillary, who raised nearly 30% of her campaign finance from Super PACs and other groups, Jill’s campaign is 100% donations and not a single dollar from Super PACs. Jill Stein is also not afraid to get up close and personal and is willing to take on the establishment: Hillary Clinton. She is hoping that the Green Party reaches 15% in the poll so she can participate in a televised debate between Trump and Hillary. She has already made several statements towards Hillary, which is getting a lot of attention. As for Jill’s stances: she fully supports women’s reproductive rights/abortion, ending discrimination against LGBTs, ridding the country of the huge corporations that have little to no regulation, ending the unnecessary war on drugs, cancelling the college debt, stopping the use of fossil fuel to damage the world, fighting against climate change, supporting single payer healthcare, and enforcing gun control.

Many people state that voting for a third party is a waste of a vote, but no, that is not true. A waste of a vote is having the opportunity and right to cast a vote and failing to do so at all. So, if you are torn in this election on who to vote for and you don’t want to vote for someone who is racist, xenophobic, and has no political experience, or for someone who is known to be a liar, commit a crime, and flip flop on issues to get votes, then maybe you should vote for a third party or write in someone. You can still write in Bernie Sanders. You can go Libertarian and vote for Gary Johnson, or you can go Green and vote for Dr. Jill Stein.