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Ok let’s do this- what you should be watching out for in #EP2019 (THREAD).
Obviously, the rise of the Brexit Party will take all the headlines. Forget Brexit for a moment, this is actually a really interesting political test case. Can a party with almost no local infrastructure win an election from 36000 feet? Without a “get out the vote’ operation?
If BXP does worse than expected or doesn’t perform as well as its poll performance, we can conclude that this campaigning experiment (campaign by rally, few boots on the ground) has held the party back. If they can’t match 26.6% (UKIP’s score in 2014) we’ll know why.
If Farage can beat UKIP’s 2014 figure of 26.6% it will be a remarkable achievement. If they do really really well the Brexit Party could end up as the single biggest party in the European Parliament. Sure @eucopresident will love that 😱
