Apparently, in the United States, if you vote for a candidate that you like and want to hold the office, people call that a "protest vote".
However, if you instead vote against whichever party you hate most, because hating them is more important than even liking the candidate that you’re voting for … that’s not a protest vote.
George Orwell would be proud 😕
Consistently voting for the lesser evil is a good path to ensure evil.