It was the toughest vote I’ve cast in my adult life. My genuine ideological picks were gone, as was my first choice from the field that remained. I admire both of my party’s candidates, and have serious misgivings about each as well.

In the end, I genuinely surprised myself. And while I am completely satisfied with the reason why I voted the way that I did, I will have absolutely no problem supporting either of my party’s candidates in the election.

The road ahead is going to be long and hard. But we can’t give up now — it means far too much.