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The voting system used is important. "Pick the one you want, most votes wins" sounds perfectly usable but it trends towards two main parties. There is undue pressure to avoid the main party they dislike the most from winning by voting for the main party they dislike the least. It gets worse the deeper we look at the "winner take all"/"first past the post" voting system (used in the USA, UK).
I don't know what an effective protest would look like but that's probably the better option. People tend to get insulted or bored if you try to explain how their vote doesn't really matter.