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I do agree with Deanna - it does not matter what we choose, since some things are not within our control. It may be to the best of someone's interests to act a certain way, but that does not mean they will choose to act that way or that an external force can necessarily persuade them to act that way. We are on a daily basis thrown into situations we did not choose to put ourselves into. Our authority lies over how we react to the situation at hand. We do have agency over responding to choices, not so much certainty that what we choose will deliver the result we desire. That said, I do not want to be completely reductionist. Not everything is beyond our control, and to an extent it does matter what we choose. What I am trying to say here is that - within limits, what we choose does matter, yet in the larger sphere of action and consequence, our choices are like an individual atom is to a bigger molecule - a randomly orientated moving particle.That particle can make a difference to the molecule, but statistically the chances are not very high - that does not mean it does not happen. That is how it is with individual choices.

In terms of the Presidential election, it really does not matter at all who I choose.  It would, if I were, you know, American ...