Worry more about ideology than candidate
What is an informed voter supposed to do? Both of the presidential candidates have such high negatives that many people do not want to vote for either one.
However, voters need to understand that when voting they are really voting for two or three Supreme Court judges, dozens of department and agency heads and thousands of other important officials that will all govern according to some type of ideology.
One thing is clear. You cannot believe very much of what you hear from either candidate. Not necessarily because the candidates lie, but mainly because few candidates actually do what they say. The only thing you can really count on is to look at what the candidates and their political parties have actually done.
The best way I know of is to vote for the candidate who represents the ideology that we believe will serve us best in the long run. The two major ideologies are 1) liberal/socialistic and 2) conservative/capitalistic.
A fair description of liberalism/socialism is bigger government, higher taxes, higher public debt, more rules, regulations and laws, more welfare, more permissive moral standards, lighter immigration and border controls, lower adherence to literal interpretation of constitution, more public and fewer private sector jobs, lower defense spending, sympathy for other socialistic countries' leaders and their policies, and many more of the same.
A fair description of conservatism/capitalism is basically just the opposite, smaller government, lower taxes, lower public debt, fewer rules, regulations and laws, less welfare, less permissive moral standards, tighter immigration and border controls, more literal interpretation of constitution, increased private sector jobs, spending more on defense, aid and to protect people in friendly countries, and many more of the same.
Every voter has an obligation to learn as much as possible about which candidate, based on what they have done and not what they say, supports which of the above ideologies.
Then vote for the ideology you feel is best for the country and don't worry so much about who the candidate is.
Roland Ley
Arlington Heights