election headache

It's election season, which is probably my least favorite of all the seasons. But soon we'll get to have Christmas season so I guess I'll just have to ride out this one. Anyway, election season.
This is the first Presidential Election I'm eligible to vote in. I've voted in some local elections, but no Big Major Elections. So I should be excited to exercise my right to influence the country and all that. But I'm not. I'm super underwhelmed by my choices. I feel like a lot of the focus of this election doesn't really matter and no one actually knows what they're doing. And so I don't know who to vote for. (This is kind of a lie. I've pretty much figured it out in the last week but it took me a long time.)
Part of the problem is that there are many people whom I love and respect who are hardcore Democrats. They will never vote for a Republican even if someone put a gun to their head. Even if it was the best choice. They never will. Their beliefs and ideals are super liberal and they have studied and researched and this is what they have decided. And then, on the other hand, there are many people whom I love and respect who are hardcore Republicans and who could never vote for a Democrat and all of that.
Because I'm a young voter and a lot of politics are kind of complicated, I would logically turn to older people I love and respect to get advice. But who's advice am I supposed to take? How can all of these people who I believe to be extremely smart and well-educated have such differing views? And who am I supposed to agree with?
I know. I'm supposed to do my own research and come up with my own ideas. But a lot of how I see the world depends on these people that I love and admire. And it doesn't sit right with me to disagree strongly with any of them. I just don't know how one ideology can be 100% correct. And the other 100% wrong.
Which is why I think we need to get rid of political parties all together. But that's an entirely different conversation.
Anyway, the biggest thing I hate about election season is that people are so mean to each other. People seem to forget that people who vote the opposite way they do are still people. It's disgusting. No one should go die because of who (whom? I'm having the biggest problem with this word today) they want to vote for.
I guess that's all. Happy voting!
And then we get Thanksgiving and Christmas and all that. :)