"Ash Wyllie" wrote

Small parties can drive the big parties by "stealing" votes, so voting for
Nader, a Libertarian or a green is not wasted vote. Not in the long run.

Unfortunately, that is often exactly what you don't want to see, if the
person that would be the "better of the bad" is who they steal from, which
is how it usually works.
--
Jim in NC