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Originally Posted by DwnWthVwls
I don't see how voting for him is ideological, or what is pragmatic about voting for someone who poorly represents you because "they are the only candidate that has a chance". If you don't vote for change it will never happen.
Even if Sanders gets into office and changes nothing or 1 thing, it's still a revolutionary result and a significant indication that the American majority is ready to take back some power from the rich. His success so far is laying the groundwork for like-minded future candidates.
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Voting for someone that doesn't have a chance would be ideological - it's generally a protest vote (that's not say its not functional, it just functions at a looser-defined social level).
Pragmatic would he accepting the lesser of two evils. Obviously each is not devoid of the other: but one is more pragmatic and one is more ideological.