Libertarians may be a factor this year. No really.
RALEIGH (By Barry Smith) - Libertarian Party candidates likely won't win the presidency or the governor's race this year. But they could be a player in helping determine who will reside in the White House and the Executive Mansion.
The State Board of Elections Web page shows that out of the 5.8 million registered voters in the state, only 293 are affiliated with the Libertarian Party. The number is likely smaller than it will eventually be since the Libertarians have only been a recognized party for a few weeks.
They'd been recognized in the past but recently had to go through the cumbersome petition process to regain ballot access. Now that they're on the ballot, there's some sense that their presence could have an effect on a couple of races.
The State Board of Elections Web page shows that out of the 5.8 million registered voters in the state, only 293 are affiliated with the Libertarian Party. The number is likely smaller than it will eventually be since the Libertarians have only been a recognized party for a few weeks.
They'd been recognized in the past but recently had to go through the cumbersome petition process to regain ballot access. Now that they're on the ballot, there's some sense that their presence could have an effect on a couple of races.
posted by BP News Bureau | 9:36 AM
3 Comments:
As a Reagan Republican, it saddens me to see the break-up of the Reagan coalition. The Libertarians played a big part in the Reagan Revolution. The strong alliance between conservatives and libertarians was a powerful political force. The break-up of that alliance is hurting the GOP in the Rocky Mtn states where libertarianism runs strong. The GOP has nobody to blame but themselves.
Most philosophical libertarians don't even participate in the process any more. That being said, the GOP continues to push libertarians away, first with their slide into socialism, and now with McCain, into fascism.
One of the bizarre dichotomies of American politics is that poll after poll shows a huge segment of Americans to be fundamentally libertarian. If they actually went out and voted that way, Republicans and Democrats would have to go find something else to do.
Yeah, I'm surprised the Libertarian Party isn't strong in the U.S.. Is it because they have been stereotyped as being crazy? I know people who are fiscally conservative and socially liberal, and when I say they sound like a libertarian, they act like I just told them they were fat & ugly.
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