The dirty secret in the "land of democracy" is that you don't actually get to vote for the candidate of your choice.

You get to vote for the candidate of "Their" choice.

Many countries are similar, but the USA is a particularly perverted democracy with its electoral college system. At the end, you can either vote for the favoured son of the Republicans, or the equivalent Democrat, and it may be that both those persons bought their position.

What if you had a better idea?

What if there was a better candidate?

What if the "best" candidate couldn't afford the entry fee?

Ho Hummm....

I love a comment by the UK anarchy party "Whoever you vote for, the Government gets in."

(But I explicity note that I am not an anarchist and dislike the way they apply this aphorism"