Honestly, I was worried about that too and I still got 5th. If I'd played it smarter I could have gotten 4th. If you aren't "relevant" here, you'll just be playing a different strategy, like I did. If you can't count on popular support, you just need to ensure you avoid the polls, aligning with the majority and then making moves in line with their opinions. Then when the house gets smaller, you join the most stable and trustworthy alliance, tell the outsiders different sets so they split and you have some back up nomes. Keep this up and you'll easily get to top 8 :)