Given the choice between big governmant progressives and big government conservatives the logical choice is the one that will use that government to interfere with personal liberty less. It's not rocket science.
I sure don’t call it intellectual when you get a worse result by being stubborn and making all these protest votes.
To me that is pure ignorance I would expect from 15 year olds.
I would think conservatives would all be mature enough to make the attempted changes in who wins the primary.
Once the Republicans and Democrats have their primary choices, then any vote other than Republican in major elections is a vote for the communist/socialist/liberal Democrats.
Idealist can screw the people with their stubbornness IMO.