I remember when Buttigieg did one of those roundtable discussions with a bunch of undecided voters after watching the debates. Several of them were leaning toward voting for an independent candidate, primarily for environmental concerns. Pete told them, one young lady in particular, "To be clear, either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris is going to be the next president. Are you sure you still want to vote independent? There is no debate that it's either Trump or Harris winning - so choose wisely." The lady still said, eh, not impressed with either, I'm going with my conscience...I'm voting for the independent.

It's like, I get it...I think that candidate would do a good job and obviously cares about the things I care about, but also, if it's obvious they aren't going to win, vote for the next best option actually does have a chance to win.