Poll Finds Republicans Embracing Libertarian Views
The party might have a future after all
A new poll confirms a libertarian renaissance in 2013.
FreedomWorks commissioned a national survey of registered voters last month, shared first with POLITICO, that finds 78 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents self-identify as fiscally conservative and socially moderate.
It's not that Republicans are suddenly self-identifying as "libertarians" and devouring Ayn Rand novels, but more that they seem to be embracing underlying libertarian priorities and views about the role of government….
Republican pollster Kellyanne Conway, who ran the poll, said she's seeing a spike in voters who feel the government is too expensive, invasive and expansive.
"The perfect storm is being created between the NSA, the IRS, the implementation of Obamacare and now Syria," she said. "People are looking at the government more suspiciously. They're looking with deeper scrutiny and reasonable suspicion."
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Is that finding seriously different from a decade ago? 2 decades?