Because you always research who you vote for.
Here's the synopsis for a local Democrat for mostly irrelevant local position (think of it like, local village official dog-walker or some shit):
Former US military (infantry officer), no obvious Leftist endorsements, many years spent as a Judo athlete, private practice attorney, no significant political experience, adequate physiognomy, official Democrat Party information page made no appeals to Culture War topics, or even really any significant political topics at all. (I live in a pretty red area)
Here's the quote for the local Republican for the same position:
Accomplishments:
Promoted diversity training for [government strata] employees
He's a multi-year incumbent. Has been either an attorney or a politician for the past 30 years. Poor physiognomy.
Just because there is an R in their name doesn't mean they aren't supporting DIE in the government.
CLEAR. THEM. OUT.
Voting for real opinion based on policy research is a choice I'll always respect despite party. If you support it, you have every right to vote for it.
Voting out of cult devotion and some vague notion of good vs evil as if one party is the cool kids' table and the other is some threat to humanity is spiteful, toxic, and uninformed.
That said, we're getting to the point where abstaining your vote may be wiser than throwing it to the other party.
I actually did abstain on one choice because it looked like both were neo-liberals in both parties.