As great as an actual competitive Patriot Party would be, in practice I think it would just split non-Democrat votes across two parties. Unless you can destroy the GOP to the point where they take it off the ballot, you're always going to have a certain percentage of people who buy into the propaganda, still have an emotional connection to the party, or just don't pay attention to anything and vote as they always have.
As great as an actual competitive Patriot Party would be, in practice I think it would just split non-Democrat votes across two parties. Unless you can destroy the GOP to the point where they take it off the ballot, you're always going to have a certain percentage of people who buy into the propaganda, still have an emotional connection to the party, or just don't pay attention to anything and vote as they always have.