Gridlock is fine when the country is going in a good forward motion.

Gridlock right now would simply solidify our downward spiral.

You may be good with that, you can go camping in the woods as the world goes to shit, but I can't. I depend on the infrastructure and some semblance of a rational society.
It has not been rational for the last 8 years.

So a vote for gridlock is a vote to lock into the US as it has been. Nope, seen it, don't want to see it again.