its usually signature drives to get on ballots, getting media coverage, getting into debates, and general fundraising that are locking the third parties out... i would tackle the media coverage + fundraising angles first.
The user experience is sluggish and looks/feels dated. Under the hood, the code and tech stack is old. Options like sigma (and many others like it) look, feel and perform like up to date tech
One question though - why tableau? It's legacy now