1. At its zenith in the October 2012 elections Svoboda represented 10 percent of Ukrainians—not negligible by any means but less than the votes commanded by like parties in the Netherlands, Austria, and (yes) France.2. Far from advancing and, as Putin’s propagandists in Europe repeat ad nauseam, benefitting from the radicalization of the movement, the opposite has occurred. The emergence of new leaders who have diluted the extreme right’s monopoly on radicalism has marginalized Svoboda, as shown by every poll, most recently the SOCIS poll of January 31, which, like the others, puts Svoboda at below five percent of the vote. - Ukraine’s Revolutionaries Are Not Fascists
I am not saying Svoboda is the majority.* The Nazis in Germany weren’t really a proper majority, either.
They were the angry, motivated, plurality that seized power.
Same thing looks to happen here, as happened in Libya, Egypt, and most every other revolution.
* It’s actually been eclipsed by a even farther-authoritarian/racist party, but that’s another post.