If so, “they” were right then,

No they weren’t. I voted blue. Biden got elected, and then he supplied the ongoing genocide. That is not a win. That is just the same abhorrent outcome that is completely unacceptable.

However, the problem is that you’re short-sighted

I would say the same thing about you. You are the one who is insisting we continue to use the bandaid, aka voting for the lesser.