its like all the people voting for nader. they KNOW he won't win, but they also know that everytime they try, more people vote for him and if he hits that certain percentage rate, he gets his federal campaign funding. nader himself knows he'll never win, he just wants to get his party started so eventually they'll have a chance.
So your point is that the "non-elite" parties and their candidates are more interested in progressing their ideas than accepting the "lesser or two evils"?