It helps to think of it in pragmatic terms of what your vote does, versus whether or not you fully support X or Y. It is undeniable that given the stupid electoral system we were born into, that voting third party effectively supports whichever mainstream candidate you don’t want to win.

All the rest of the time, whether in primaries or public forums like this, you argue and vote for what/who you really want.

But once you hit the general election, it is essentially cast in stone that either the R or D candidate will win.

We need ranked choice voting so that candidates care about what the people really want, versus just getting more votes than one specific other person.