This is such a strange thread. Why are we comparing fake elections between "citizens" who all know each other to UK politics, especially now that we've all more or less cynically decided that winning elections is less about appeal and more about PMing zombies?
Not only that, why are we suggesting that emulating the Liberal Democrats is a strategy for electoral success? I think it should have been pretty clear that nobody likes these "rich man's centrist party" types and nobody wants to vote for them.
Well...
...sometimes.
"The other lady is a Nazi" really isn't a fair case study. Isn't Macron incredibly unpopular these days?
From what I read, he campaigned like white Obama or something when he won his first election. His managed to rebrand neoliberal policies as grassroots, anti-establishment, and 'cool'.