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It's difficult, not impossible.
I actually did an in-depth analysis of this over here in lemmy.world/c/progressivepolitics.
TL;DR version:
It would take roughly 1.1 million signatures to get on the ballot in every single state. That's just .05% of registered voters.
It would require building a local infrastructure to support state ballot access, but it's doable. There's a void in state and local politics that progressive candidates can fill, and if there's a unified party organization backing them, there's a real opportunity to take the ground the the democrats have surrendered.