Why vote?

Everywhere you look, you hear about the presidential elections. You hear every tiny bit of gossip about each candidate, you see their ads on TV and you get friends sending you links to support-sites online.
I feel that in today’s world, voting for a candidate is probably an easier choice than any era before. If you want to find out about political views, just search for the politician and you get a summary of every different issue you’re concerned about.
Some would agree though that with the availability of information, we also have a harder choice. After learning of scandals and personal-life issues, do we take those into account when deciding who to vote for?
I try to look past most of the smaller issues that are somehow brought up and focus on the issues at hand. Things like immigration, energy conservation, economic ideals and human rights. One of the main problems I’m having though is finding a candidate that shares every belief that I have. Someone who will run the country the way I would if I were in their position.
I thought I found a relatable enough candidate; then they picked their running mate. Coming into all of this in a more deliberate approach than previous elections, mainly because I’m able to vote this year, I didn’t guess that running mates would be such a big ordeal until one of them was so surprisingly thrown into the spotlight. The running mate of the candidate opposite of the one I was planning on voting for is all over the media lately, so I decided to read up on the running mate of the candidate I wanted to vote for, someone who I haven’t heard much about.
I was looking at their political views and noticed that some of their views don’t necessarily correspond with mine nor the main candidate’s. They seem alike to the point that they can be considered on the same party, but some of the small discrepancies could make or break my vote if they were the main candidate, which led me to thinking. If I decide I don’t like a politician, or any of the politicians running…what do I do? Do I not vote? That would seem logical. So many people say I should vote though. Everyone’s heard “There are starving kids in Ethiopia, you should eat all your peas.” There are people who can’t vote, so should I vote? If I was forced morally to vote, like I felt forced by morals to eat those darned peas, would I vote for the lesser of two evils? I still can’t help feeling that I’m voting for something I don’t agree upon.
Take for instance, a ballot that says:
“Do you support your painful demise?”
What if the only option on the ballot said “Yes?” Would you still place your vote? Some people could argue that not everyone would get a chance to make the choice to vote, so you should take advantage of it.
I’m not planning on voting for life-or-death issues, at least not to my knowledge; but the issues I’m focusing on, I feel, do affect me. I care about them and want them to sway in my favor. Am I so wrong to think that if you’re not going to give me the options I want, I don’t want to make a decision yet?