From all the available candidates we have selected two that nobody wants to vote for except as the lesser of two evils. Never has there been as much desire for a "none of the above" on the ballot.
Of course the candidates weren't selected by the people, they were pulled into their positions by the media. There were several good candidates in the Republican field that voters could have supported willingly if not enthusiastically, but Donald Trump sucked up all the coverage with his bombastic style and remaining support was spread over many qualified choices.
Even on the Democratic side, there was what I consider to be a good candidate, James Webb, who provided substantive comments in the first Democratic debate. See what Amazon has to say about him on one of his books Webb got virtually no coverage in the following news cycle and he quickly disappeared from the race. Of course Webb is a centrist, maybe even conservative Democrat that didn't fit the narrative.
Consequently, there isn't much enthusiasm for this election. Peggy Noonan wrote about this in the Wall Street Journal "The year of the reticent voter"
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