I’ve understood that a lot of US readers misread me when I say that 9% in an election is a sensation. That’s because the United States and Europe have completely different election systems: in the United States, if you take 9% of the votes, you are crushed, down and out. In (most of) Europe, when you take 9% of the votes, you get 9% of the seats.
That’s why it is fantastic that the German Piratenpartei is polling at 13% and that several more are on the verge of breaking through.
More:
http://torrentfreak.com/impressions-from-the-pirate-parties-international-conference-120416/
