Original sentence: Although they fielded a 32 member party list, the party obtained only 717 votes (or 0.04% of the total vote), failing to get any MPs into parliament
Edited sentence: Although they fielded a 32 member party list, the party obtained only 717 votes (or 0.04% of the total vote), failing to get any MPs into parliament, mainly because people saw them for the complete loonies that they are