I try to vote third-party. Hot button issues of mine are environmentalism, freedom of speech, information politics, science, and separation of church and state. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is my favorite author. George Orwell is good too. Music that everyone likes that I like too is played by bands such as Pink Floyd, Radiohead, The Beatles, REM, Bad Religion, Dead Kennedys, Cracker, etc.
Eels are good too.
Also, Camper Van Beethoven rules. That covers it for now. I'll think of some more stuff later. You are free to write to me. I'm not very good at remembering to write people back, not even people I actually want to write back, so you may be fishing to be disappointed.