Voters who refuse to consider supporting a third-party candidate often feel that to do so would be to waste their vote. Following that reasoning to its logical extreme, we should all vote for the candidate who is at the top of the polls at any given time (assuming the polls are reliable).
Under the doctrine of lesser-evilism, a vote for minor party is effectively a vote for a major party but a vote for a major party is never anything other than a vote for a major party.
Democrats say they’re defending democracy–but only by opposing Trump. They’re happy to resort to anti-democratic tactics whenever they feel threatened.
