So essentially, you will vote for whatever will have the greatest potential good effect.

Yes.

Deep red state? Green, Dems won't win so why not pressure politicians?

Deep Blue? Green, Dems will win, so pressure them.

These are the easier ones.

Swing state? Blue, best not to let the fascists drag everything further to hell if you can.

I'd probably vote for Kamala if I lived in a swing state. But, shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. I could respect other choices based upon the reasoning and lived experience presented with them.

Find a party even more likely to drag the overton window back to left, if they exist.

Sure, if electoral means is the way one wants to contribute to our future. But, the Greens are doing fine holding on to a framework of ballot access and I discourage party loyalty. Critically right now, and relative electoralism, there's more meaningful alternative contributions individuals could choose.

The furthest left sane option is likely to win?

That's what we'd like to think about ourselves. The truth is that when movements scale they suck. The best humanity can seem to do at scale is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

Protest vote of nobody as now you can tell them the system itself is the problem

I thought about doing this. But, by time I got through the line I realized I'd waste two minutes of a hundred people's time for nothing. I voted my races and got out of the way.

I can respect that

Thank you.