An activist who counts on getting 20 votes will be emboldened if they get 200, even if they still lose. See it as a possibility to give good people a thumbs up.
It is also a way of registering dissent. You didn't stay home because you were too stupid and lazy to go to the polls. You went and you voted against the two state-sponsored parties. Ideally third party votes will rob democrats of some victos. They will be even more pissed off when they find out they lost because enough people wrote in the Donald Duck Party instead of voting for them.
An activist who counts on getting 20 votes will be emboldened if they get 200, even if they still lose. See it as a possibility to give good people a thumbs up.
It is also a way of registering dissent. You didn't stay home because you were too stupid and lazy to go to the polls. You went and you voted against the two state-sponsored parties. Ideally third party votes will rob democrats of some victos. They will be even more pissed off when they find out they lost because enough people wrote in the Donald Duck Party instead of voting for them.