But even if they joined a coalition, they’d likely just be a significant player—or at the very least, not a totally irrelevant one—in the grand scheme of things.
A party holding 8.4% of the vote isn't some negligible footnote in any legislature. Just look at the Nordic Greens in the European Parliament—they might seem small, but they sure know how to stir up chaos.
It’s simply because there’s a baseline number of representatives any country is allowed to have; for instance, Malta has six, whereas based strictly on their population, they probably wouldn't even qualify for two.
How many MEP seats would each region actually grab? If my math holds up, about 15% would come from the former America area, which would be a massive lobbying powerhouse if those successor parties—who share some pretty similar ideological DNA—actually took control. I wonder if they could really shake things up in Europe, considering they might end up with more representatives than, say, Italy or Spain.
If they actually brought in an RT correspondent, things might feel a bit more lively and objective. But then again, is AJC really the gold standard for objectivity?
Just like those abandoned tourist spots out in the middle of nowhere, you've got these decaying school buildings in small-town America just wasting away.