Do you realize what your job is as a voter? To vote for the person that best represents you. That was neither of those guys for me. There are only TWO ways to really throw your vote away. 1) Vote for someone that doesn't represent you, or 2) or not vote at all. The rest of the throw your vote away is all peer pressure bullshit that actually has nothing to do with what your job actually is as a citizen. So when you really vote let me know. :)
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Interesting - We see our job as a voter very differently. Representing me is only one of many jobs those guys have. They also will represent many other folks, too. Like you, I can't find anyone on a ballot that represents me completely. So I look for who they will be able to represent effectively. And that information is embedded in their platforms, policies, and past votes. Those guys may represent some folks I don't care for, and they may neglect to represent other folks that I absolutely care for. So I balance that.
And my voting is only one piece of my job as a citizen. Another is to stay actively engaged with people in and out of the political system, who can make things happen about the issues and people I care about. Politics is ugly and nasty because it's about control of power to make things happen -- we see that in tiny ways even about the direction and progress of Steemit. But it's less ugly and less nasty than making things happen by fascism, feudalism, or war - whether local, international, or anything in-between.