I suggest you spend a little time learning how the US political system actually works.

In 2016, the candidate who won the Democratic Primary lost the election, with dreadful consequences for everyone. If any votes were wasted, it is those primary votes for a candidate who torpedoed her own campaign with a series of gross and unforced errors.

But in fact, the primaries are the only time in America you can literally vote for whom you please and not worry about strategic voting.

No wonder America only has a choice between two right-wing parties with so many low-information voters such as yourself.