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The lesser of two evils is still evil, of course.

That’s why the old saying doesn’t help people struggling to make up their minds about this year’s presidential election. Republicans and Democrats have given us two candidates who in a normal year would never stand a chance.

Donald Trump has a talent for offending large swaths of Americans with an insulting, revenge-fueled and vulgar style that is unsuited for the presidency of the United States. He’s an offensive, egotistical man who doesn’t know when to close his mouth.

Americans have disliked Hillary Clinton since the early 1990s, and her handling of emails sent from a private server in her home as well as her service as Secretary of State tells us she hasn’t learned much from her husband’s time in the White House.

In a normal year, the Danville Register & Bee would endorse the Republican candidate for president. But this isn’t a normal year, and Trump isn’t even a Republican. He most closely resembles a one-man political movement.

That leaves us with a choice all Dan River Region residents will have to make on Tuesday, but it’s not a tough choice. Today, we endorse Gov. Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee.