In our first past the post (FPTP) electoral system, it’s inevitable that political choice gets narrowed down to two major parties with barely a measurable fraction of votes going toward various third parties. The answer isn’t to try to buck the system and vote for a third party candidate anyway. The answer is to vote in primaries of the major parties for candidates willing to change our election laws so third parties can thrive. Until that happens, expect to hear that a vote for a third party is a vote for the candidate you least like.
Don’t act like leftists can change the party from within. They destroyed Iowa’s caucus to stop Bernie, or did you forget about the so-called Shadow App debacle? Did you forget how all the also-rans coordinated their drop outs to boost Biden while Warren stayed in to split the lefty vote? It’s very clear that the left can never win within the party because the party, itself, hates leftists. We can maybe get Congressional seats or stuff in local elections, but the presidency is fucked.
I’m voting for Cornel West to show the DNC that I am a voter that won’t be fooled by them anymore.