In many cases it is better to vote for the lesser of two evils if someone much worse is the only other viable choice on the ballot.

If Democrats could just get a few more votes in next year's midterms, they could take back the ability of Congress to restrain Trump's dictatorial powers. This, even in spite of Republican dominated Supreme Court. Even moderate Democrats, still backed by capitalistic interests, would make a big difference. A decisive popular popular vote margin in congressional districts can even overcome gerrymanduring.

As for politicians not backed by big money, they don't get name recognition across this big country. I hear that even Bernie Sanders is among the 1%. He has made more headway than other leftwing politicians, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who tend to only appeal in central cities of certain metropolitan areas. Rural people tend to be more conservative. Suburban people are a huge chunk of our population and they tend to be a tossup.

While our current capitalist / government system is not perfect, it does tend to prop up a certain amount of prosperity and convenience for voters across this country. Big changes, such as significantly high carbon taxes / gas taxes to address climate change cause voter rebellion.

Personally, I would like to see a somewhat radically different world that is less dependent on consumerism, private automobiles and things like single family neighborhoods. I would like to see less wealth inequality.

Even big changes in taxes, to tax wealthy folks and corporations more, is likely to have consequences for the consuming and working middle class. I would be okay with many of those changes as I am critical of the large incomes that even non 1% high income professionals make. I notice things like the vast wealth gap between homeowners and renters, for instance.

I tend to be critical of more than just the wealth of business (including corporations that people like to shop at) as I think making changes there would ripple down through the whole system.

Meanwhile, even the middle class and especially upper middle class is likely to want to hold onto the status quo enough to create large pushback against radical change. Incremental change can still work.

Moderate Democrats, even those funded by big money, can at least hold the line against one party, one person rule of Trump.

Today, it seems like our biggest hope, before the next year's midterm election, is for more congressional Republicans to break with Trump. If more Republicans were to side with the block of minority Democrats trying to hold the line in Congress, that would make a big difference. Life in states, with Democratic majorities in state governments, seems to be better as well.

Some people are cynical enough to want to throw out the whole system; thus not even supporting moderate Democrats. I say, about that, "be careful what you ask for as you might get it." Our system, thrown into total chaos and / or complete authoritarian rule, would be very uncomfortable to say the least.