The whole history of this century reeks with the tragic consequences of blank checks for people whose chief talent has been the emotional manipulation of the public for political purposes. Lenin was charismatic. So was Hitler. So was Mao. In each case, tens of millions of people paid with their lives for this charisma and their own emotional decisions to follow the pied piper of the moment.
Sound bites are usually very unsound.
At least you won't be doing any harm. Media pundits will undoubtedly wring their hands about low voter turnout, but this gives them something to do instead of spreading misinformation. But the consequences don't apply just to you. They apply to people who have no right to vote, who are babes in their cribs who will be the people of tomorrow who will inherit the world that your vote helps create. You also inherited.