Are you seriously asking me how not voting for someone to be elected hurts their chances of getting elected?

You also completely misunderstood my second point as well. Third parties are appealing to the leaders of the conservative party because they divert votes away from the progressive party. They give anyone who finds the conservative party discomforting an opportunity to throw away their vote instead of helping the only other real contender thus increasing their chance of success.

I will have to assume you are a bot if you can’t engage in well meaning discussion.