neither candidate will fix the economy and both are lying through their teeth
Each voter has to decide who will do the least harm to the economy. And each voter will have to decide, even with the lies (they are politicians), who will do the least harm them (the voter). That's what it comes down to in every election, doesn't it?
The past few election cycles certainly seem to lead us to such a conclusion of avoiding the worst instead of choosing the best. The issue is there are only two somewhat equally terrible options and roughly half the country will be disappointed in either scenario. It's nice to be from a country where you can vote for a coalition government when presented with such a conundrum.
I personally don't think they are equally terrible. I think one is far more potentially harmful than the other. One at least promises an agenda I agree with. The other does not. One does not threaten to pull down the structure of government, the other does threaten this (Civil Service, Constitution, etc.). On promises to try and make abortion and healthcare available. The other has managed to take the right to abortion away from millions of women and threatens to undermine our national health insurance program. One wants tax cuts for the middle class. One wants tax cuts for billionaires.
Neither may get these initiatives through, but at least we can vote for what they promise to do.
They are not the same, actually.