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Exactly. You shouldn't treat voting for a politician as a marriage, you should treat politicians as a vehicle to get you to the place you want to be.
There almost never is an ideal candidate because everyone has different opinion what ideal candidate is. Even in countries where there are multiple parties most people don't get exactly who they want.
If you want better choices you need to get more involved on politics, vote in primaries, vote in local elections, find and help candidates that are not popular but are closer to what you want or even run yourself.
If you don't get involved at lower levels don't be surprised the candidates in general aren't what you want. Of you don't vote, don't be surprised that candidates ignore needs of your group.
Who downvotes this? Even if you are a tankie this should register to you as an entirely sane take.