There is a logic to voting against the person you don’t want by voting for the opposition candidate in a two party system. That way, the median trend goes away from the hated candidate and gives more credibility to those that hold views that oppose those of the more evil candidate.
Democracy is really only functional for throwing out rotten people (sometimes). There’s not much evidence that many uniquely qualified leaders have ever been elected.
Oh I understand that. But some of these people literally believe that if you do not vote for their choice, then you literally add a vote to another candidate’s column.
And I mean literally.