Bad faith to include progressives here… You are exclusively describing third party spoilers like green and you very likely know that.

Progressives are represented throughout US politics VERY actively, pushing boulders up these hills covered in feces. Meanwhile green party only has a couple dinners with Putin and trump’s cabinet members in the interim years before they activate for a general election.

Nobody is buying what you are shoveling, chief.

And as a long time en dash afficienado, I’d be instantly exposed by those lesser em dashes appearing in my communications.