If you don’t vote you deserve what you get.
That said the time to get involved is NOT on election day in November. If you want a true say in who the candidate of your preferred party will be you must get involved locally in the party. Be on a ward, precinct, town party committee. Attend caucuses, get elected to the City, County State Party Convention. Work and campaign for candidates.
Then you have a say. Waiting until you are presented with 2 party endorsed candidates you dislike is too late.
I am a member of my town Democratic Party Committee. I hold a minor, non paid elected local office. I am a delegate to State Representative, State Senate and State conventions this year. I have a say in who the candidate will be. This year we are taking the party endorsement away from a state representative who has not done a good job for our town (it is a multi-town district). The State Rep will be forced to run a primary campaign against the newly endorsed candidate. This Rep has aspirations of Statewide office in 2 years, my action as an involved party member may stop it.
@akuperma Secretary Clinton is not a Liberal, she is a Centrist who is preaching to Liberal Dems to offset Sen. Sander’s appeal. I am a Liberal and she is far to the right of my philosophy. Sanders is also not a Liberal, he is a Socialist>>far to the left of true Liberal ideology.
Trump on the other hand is not a Conservative. He is an opportunist happy to take every handout offered to business by Congress and state legislatures.