Do people have the right to vote for whom ever they want?

I’m a young 18 year old in the UK who’s just been given the right to vote this past year. I’ve been heavily invested in the upcoming election for obvious reasons which has lead me to read into people’s opinions on the vote for whom you love argument. The argument is that people should vote for whoever they want, no matter the outcome because that’s what democracy is all about: free will. <br><br>I prospectively agree with the argument, people do have the right to vote for whoever they want to vote for in a democratic country.<br>However, I don’t think this stops us from criticising people who vote for parties with openly discriminatory agendas. There are plenty of people voting for the conservatives because Boris Johnson said some non sensical sentence which barely makes sense. It reminds me of the whole “I like the way he speaks, he’s not a typical politician” argument except this time it’s in a much more sinister way. I can’t get my head around how people are defending voting for the conservatives as the right thing to do. I can understand why people are voting for them, who wouldn’t want lower taxes? But I’d rather give a small portion up than see people literally die because they’re gay?<br><br>We can’t just criticise the party for being openly homophobic and transphobic. We have to criticise the people who vote for them. It’s so easy to just say: “Oh but they don’t agree with what Boris said, they’re just voting for him because x y and z.” That’s not good enough. Your vote is endorsing their agenda even if it isn’t your motive. <br><br>The conservatives are not the only party with openly discriminatory agendas, I’d like to reiterate that to avoid sounding like I’m defending another party. It just so happens that the conservatives are the ones who have been openly prejudiced.