I think what is baffling for many of us (not a dem but I’m a never Trumper) is that Trump isn’t just “bad”. He is awful. Like historically one of the worst public GOP figures in our nation’s history. And I’m not just talking about his moral failings. His go to economic policy is tariffs, he flirts with dictators, he won’t solve the deficit, etc. He is awful.
Kamala, on the other hand is a run of the mill progressive democrat. She is not a Marxist. She is not a socialist. She is a bland run of the mill candidate. She is unlikely to be a great president, but c’mon, she is orders of magnitude better than the piece of shit has been that is Trump.
For me, I just want MAGA gone from our politics. I want an actual fiscal conservative candidate from the GOP, I want balanced budgets. The only way to get that is to break MAGA’s chokehold on the GOP and the only way to get that is 4 years of Kamala. That is the only pragmatic choice.
IMO Republicans who vote third party aren’t the pragmatists they proclaim they are. They let their emotions cloud their reason.