(01-15-2019, 12:39 PM)mikesez Wrote: So many libertarians on message boards... so few at ballot boxes...

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(01-15-2019, 07:50 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I agree with that.  I think too many people "join a team" and willingly allow themselves to be indoctrinated so they can support their team.  

I think both parties have their good and bad points.  If I laid out all my personal political positions, I'd be flip-flopping between the two parties.  I'm strongly for capitalism and free markets (Republican).  I'm strongly for protecting the environment (Democrat).   I favor a color-blind society and I am opposed to affirmative action or "reverse" discrimination (Republican).  I am a social liberal (Democrat).   

My party registration has changed a couple of times, just because sometimes one party's presidential primary is all locked up, no point in voting in the primary, but the other's may be more interesting.

Yup.

It's been the largest third party by far the last few elections. The media doesn't report it but the libertarians polled almost 3% in the Romney and Obama election. They went from being on 2 state ballots in 1972 to all 50 ballots in 2018. It's a broad party from Gary Johnson a very liberal leaning libertarian to Ron Paul the most extreme conservative libertarian. 

Problem is while many people agree with lots of their positions the national elections it's still viewed as a wasted vote or protest vote at best. 

It's growing but painfully slow and still pretty underound and without strong organization at the top. The convention in Orlando is a joke .

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