Your vote matters - please take it seriously

DOES it make sense to vote for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for president? Sure, as long as you believe two things. First, you have to believe that it makes no difference at all whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump moves into the White House - because one of them will. Second, you have to believe that America will be better off in the long run if we eliminate environmental regulation, abolish income tax, do away with public schools, and dismantle Social Security and Medicare - which is what the Libertarian platform calls for.

But do 29 per cent of Americans between 18 and 34 believe these things? I doubt it. Yet that, according to a recent Quinnipiac poll, is the share of millennial voters who say that they would vote for Mr Johnson if the election took place now. And the preponderance of young Americans who say that they will back Mr Johnson or Jill Stein, the Green Party nominee, appear to be cit…