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offaseptimus t1_j4x2zn7 wrote

The Brexit Party decided not to contest Conservative seats because of FPTP, they were polling 10%-15% before that tactical decision and so the political situation would be very different with the German electoral system.

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alyssa264 t1_j5qym5c wrote

BXP were nowhere fucking near 10-15% at the time of the 2019 election. They got 2%. That tactical decision is not why their polling collapsed. Their polling collapsed because the Conservatives turned into them.

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offaseptimus t1_j5r1y80 wrote

Here is a list of polls

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alyssa264 t1_j5rc55d wrote

> at the time of the 2019 election.

The moment the campaign period started their polling plummeted. I knew this already. BXP didn't collapse because they only stood in Labour/Lib Dem seats, they collapsed because their entire rhetoric was co-opted and internalised by the Tories.

Your assessment of the entire situation is way off. BXP were never going to get 15%.

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