As election season gets down and dirty, many feel electing the next President of the United States is not about choosing the best candidate, but simply choosing the least worst. From volatile rhetoric to untrustworthiness to a candidate old enough to be my grandfather, the candidates really pull out all the stops when it comes to not being the perfect choice in one way or another.

Republican

With many Americans — and yes, I do mean many — backing the semi-successful businessman Donald Trump, some establishment Republicans are hoping and counting on what is called a contested or brokered convention. Many in the party feel Trump doesn’t reflect their beliefs and political stances, so they are hoping a lottery of sorts will decide their next presidential candidate. It looks as if a dwindling political field could push the GOP into a convention filled with debating, deal-brokering and vying for unpledged delegates. All so at the end, one nominee can clinch the ticket.

Still, history shows contested conventions don't exactly work out for candidates, and come election day, Republicans may have a few worries when it comes to having a least-worst candidate.

Democrat

While I admit there are die-hard “Berners,” a lot of people find it hard to decide where they will fall once the party has a candidate. There are many that don’t see Bernie as the contender able to nab the nomination or even get the things he says he can get done — done.

Bernie's message is resonating with millennials and college students everywhere, and record numbers of young voters are attending rallies and the polls. Even so, the same message is having a different effect on older voters that grew up with and lived through the Clinton Administration. Many of them still like Hillary.

But even with her, many Dems realize that she's not the candidate they can trust, and years of experience don't change that for them. Recent wins have left anti-Hillary democrats hopeful that the 74-year-old senator with the crazy Einstein hair will clinch the nomination.

It looks like a lot of people are finding themselves swaying away from their party's pick and leaning more towards the unlikely candidates. Candidates that perhaps haven't received many major wins, but perhaps candidates of whom they can be proud.

What does it mean if we have to settle for our next president? The leader of the free world may very well be a person that no one actually likes, that no one rallies or even fights for. But instead, he or she will be the boring, mundane politician — or maybe not, here’s looking at you Trump — that we’ll bring home to meet our parents.