3d parties are nice to talk about but unless they can pull enough EC votes to keep the main parties from winning the EC elections, all they will do is split the vote and guarantee the Dems will win every time. If they pulled a few EC votes and got it to the house, they would HAVE to have enough congressmen to win and that's highly unlikely. If they're serious about winning, 1st they have to win enough congressional seats to win in a tied election. Since each state gets 1 vote, they'd need to have a majority in 26 states to win.
