At Redstate, Andrew Hyman: Advice From James Madison About The 2016 Presidential Election. Quoting Madison (Federalist 62):
[T]he advice of prudence must be, to embrace the lesser evil; and instead of indulging a fruitless anticipation of the possible mischiefs which may ensue, to contemplate rather the advantageous consequences….
The post continues:
If our constitutional system is to be lost, then it will likely be lost because of citizens who decline to pick the lesser evil, and likewise decline to pick the greater good, and instead waste their votes. So I urge people to either vote for Trump, or for Clinton, whomever you think is the lesser evil, or the greater good, but please do not sit this one out, or vote for someone who has no chance.
And on the Originalists against Trump statement:
To my mind, that statement is deficient because it fails to argue — and fails even to claim — that Hillary Clinton represents the lesser evil in this election, or that she represents the greater good, or that she deserves their votes or my vote. The United States has a long history of supporting the lesser evil (e.g. Stalin v. Hitler) …
Posted at 5:44 PM