Or they made what they thought was the best choice among the only two viable choices.
This is a wrong methodology. If you don't accept them - don't make such choice at all. There were other alternatives, but the current voting system prevents anything from competing with the two dominant parties.
I disagree. Making "best choice" you endorse the wrong one. If you didn't like it, you could vote for alternative candidates which you preferred, even though the logic dictates that they had low chances to win.
Without instant run-offs, voting for an alternative candidate is tantamount to voting for your worst of the two viable choices. In 2000, Gore would have won the US presidential election if not for Nader voters whose second choice was Gore.
Yes, the current voting system makes alternative candidates practically irrelevant. But I still think it's better to make a point and to vote for whom you prefer - it's your public statement. Voting for the "least of two evils" since "evil" is expected to win either way, sounds bad to me.
This is a wrong methodology. If you don't accept them - don't make such choice at all. There were other alternatives, but the current voting system prevents anything from competing with the two dominant parties.