How much time must people be putting into politics that they have such nuanced views that make it impossible to express a clear opinion on 4 top candidates and

How much time must people be putting into politics that they have such nuanced views that make it impossible to express a clear opinion on 4 top candidates and stick a major party candidate in spot 5? I guess New York politics must be vastly different from the West coast, because it's pretty uncommon to see a single race with more than 5 candidates in the first place, and truly unheard of for there to be 5 candidates that have any chance of winning in my experience. Having such strong opinions that this qualifies as "really unfortunate" sounds absolutely exhausting to me.