Read This If You Believe Your Candidate Lost Due to Third-Party Voters
A primer on arguing outside the war between the blue and the red
A primer on arguing outside the war between the blue and the red
Some conservatives Sarvis may split the conservative vote
Over his stated support for a mileage tax
Options for those with a taste for freedom and tolerance.
Robert Sarvis will not win, but some libertarian principles will.
In today's "No, libertarians are not conservatives who smoke pot" news.
Rather than the Republican
The state seems ready for progressive social values melded with a dose of badly needed economic realism.
Robert Sarvis puts the competition to shame
But for one percentage point
Sarvis plays on dissatisfaction with major party candidates with a policy of "open minded and open for business"
The lack of coverage for Libertarian candidates isn't just bad journalism. It makes for bad politics as well.
The forgotten politics of the Alaska Permanent Fund
In a PPP poll that shows statist Terry McAuliffe leading statist Ken Cuccinelli by four points
So voters won't have to pick between two psychos
Robert Sarvis, a lawyer-turned-economist-turned-techie, aims to be Virginia's next governor.
The former Libertarian presidential candidate also talks about his own future in politics.
Meet Gigi Bowman, Ron Paul-inspired candidate for New York state Senate.
He's touting legalized marijuana and gay marriage
Healthy ballot totals earn official recognition
Spent the money in Pennsylvania fighting Republican attempt to keep the party off the ballot
Republicans try to decide what their party stands for as libertarians increasingly vote third-party
Over at National Review, Jim Geraghty takes to task those 1.22 million of us who voted for Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson.
On Monday, I noted six federal races in which the Libertarian Party candidate on Nov. 6 received considerably more votes than the margin of victory of a winning Democrat over a losing Republican.
L.P. nominee Gary Johnson fights to reach single digits.
On Friday, Garrett Quinn pointed out two congressional races in which a Libertarian Party candidate received considerably more votes than the margin separating a winning Democrat from a losing Republican: Massachusetts' 6th District (48.3%-47.3%-4.5%** for Rep. John Tierney over Richard Tisei and Daniel Fishman), and Utah's 4th District (49.3%-48.1%-2.6%** for Rep. Jim Matheson over Mia Love and Jim Vein).
With absentee ballots and late returns coming in it looks like the LP candidate did not do as well as previously thought
The Republican lost and the Libertarian drew a lot of votes
Maybe there's a constituency for freedom, after all
Only sorry they couldn't help hammer a few more nails in the coffin lid
Even a Ron Paul-endorsed Republican Senate candidate couldn't win the hearts of Libertarian Party voters in Montana. Danny Rehberg lost in a squeaker (not called til this morning) against incumbent Democrat Jon Tester, while Libertarian Dan Cox got 5 percent.