Would We Have Been Better Off With Perot?
An alternative history of America after 1992
Third Parties
Why Presidential Candidate Arvin Vohra Wants Libertarians to Wage a Culture War
The self-described "a-hole" defends his abrasive brand of in-your-face anarchism.
Don't Be Fooled by Polls Showing GOP Interest in Challenging Trump
When voters see what the actual options are, their interest in political competition plummets.
Bill Weld's Strategy: Eviscerate Trump, Champion 1990s Policies, Stammer About Party Loyalty
The first semi-declared 2020 GOP challenger comes out blazing against the president while trying to wriggle off the hook about his recent Libertarian past.
Bill Weld Is Prepping To Be the First—and Most Improbable—Primary Challenger to Donald Trump (Updated)
Pro-choice, Obama-supporting "Libertarian for life" will take a "substantial" move Friday toward competing for the Republican presidential nomination.
Will Howard Schultz Really Run as a Libertarian? Don't Bet on it.
Billionaire seeks ballot access, political party seeks cash, both hate the national debt...but Schultz is far more interventionist at home and abroad than, say, Bill Weld.
Bill Weld So Far Getting Chilly Northeast Reception to Possible GOP Primary Bid
"As far as we're concerned he's a Libertarian and he can't flip-flop back and forth for political expediency," says New Hampshire GOP chair.
The Libertarian Party State of the Union: 'Americans deserve better' than 'Republicans and Democrats careen[ing] toward socialism and fascism'
Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Hewitt delivers the L.P.'s prebuttal to tonight's SOTU, while the L.A. Times asks whether Hewitt can "make a fringe party mainstream."
Howard Schultz's Prospects: Ballot Access Promising, Other Fundamentals Not So Much
The Starbucks magnate is rich and early enough to buy his way onto ballots, but it's hard for a relative unknown to beat the third-party boomerang effect in a time of centrism-hating polarization.
Howard Schultz Exposes the Ugly Entitlement Driving Democrats: Reason Roundup
Plus: Another way the E.U. "right to be forgotten" is risky, and Baltimore cuts back on pot prohibition
Justin Amash: The Libertarian Party Shouldn't Nominate a 'Squishy' Republican in 2020
"That's me!" jokes Bill Weld, while calling Amash a "hero" and encouraging the congressman to run.
California's Top-Two Voting System Keeps Leaving Voters Without Options
Given only two candidates from the same party, millions just don't choose at all.
Libertarian State Sen. Laura Ebke of Nebraska Loses Re-Election Bid
Running a campaign that stressed small-government values over the Libertarian Party label, the incumbent was still unable to prevail.
Libertarian Bethany Baldes Gets Within 60 Votes of Victory in Wyoming State House Race Against Incumbent GOP Majority Leader
Digging in on one winnable small-total race comes very close to paying off for Libertarian strategist Apollo Pazell.
Boston Globe Endorses Libertarian Dan Fishman for Massachusetts State Auditor
"Fishman would bring a sorely needed independent streak to the office," the paper editorializes.
Indiana Democrats Encourage Conservatives to Vote for Libertarian Lucy Brenton for Senate
Weird new wrinkle for the purported "spoiler" in a toss-up race
Fargo Considers Whether to Turn Local Elections into a Voting System of Likes (and Dislikes)
Measure 1 would introduce "approval voting" to the city, meaning voters wouldn't have to abandon independent and third-party choices.
The Prohibition Party Returns to New York, Thanks to Andrew Cuomo
The New York Prohibition Party has re-emerged to oppose Cuomo's subsidies for brewers and distillers. They're right to be upset, even if they have a misguided solution.
How Third Parties Are Getting Screwed This Election Season
Republicans and Democrats hate each other. They love their own power even more.
Gary Johnson Polling in 3rd Place With 22%
The New Mexico Libertarian Party's candidate for U.S. Senate trails incumbent Democrat Martin Heinrich (40%) and GOP novice Mick Rich (28%).
Overstock.com's Patrick Byrne Is 'Almost Definitely' Not Going to Run for President
To which many Libertarian Party enthusiasts might respond, So you're saying there's a chance?
Libertarian Party Chair: 'The two old parties cheat with both hands. Always have, always will'
Nicholas Sarwark, who's also running for mayor of Phoenix, explains how Democrats and Republicans write their own rules when it comes to political competition.
Debate: Libertarians Should Work Within the Two-Party System
Or is the L.P. our best bet for making a difference?
Gary Johnson Running a Distant Third in New Poll
The New Mexico Senate race is 47%-26%-16% Democrat-Republican-Libertarian, according to the Albuquerque Journal.
Justin Amash: 'Straight-Ticket Voting Makes it Prohibitive to Run Outside of the Major Parties'
The libertarian Republican explains why New Mexico's voting change is "primarily a scheme to unfairly benefit the major party establishments."
Colorado's Redistricting Reforms Exclude Third Parties
Proposed "independent commissions" would each include four Republicans, four Democrats, and four people not affiliated with any political party.
Ron Paul–Backed Libertarian Senate Candidate Murray Sabrin Not Getting Polled Despite Running Against Robert Menendez
What does it take for a strong third-party candidate to get polled against a scandal-plagued incumbent? His own money, turns out.
Huge News: Rand Paul Endorses Gary Johnson for Senate
The "libertarianish" Republican becomes first major GOP figure to bypass his own party and back the Libertarian challenger to New Mexico's Democratic incumbent.
Is the GOP Worth Saving? Rick Wilson's Not Sure, But He's Staying Anyway
"The Party of Lincoln is going to become the party of pissed off 55-plus white guys with GEDs," warns Republican strategist Rick Wilson, author of Everything Trump Touches Dies. Also: "There's a giant market opportunity for the Libertarian Party."
Shock Poll: Gary Johnson at 21% in Senate Race, Nearly Twice as Much as GOP Nominee
More New Mexico Republicans favor the Libertarian than their own candidate for U.S. Senate.
Close Ohio Congressional Race Leads to Typically Tiresome Shaming of Third-Party Voters
No, the Green Party didn't "spoil" the Democrats' chance at a seat.
Toss-Up Senate Races Abandoned by Koch Network Feature Unusually Strong Libertarian Party Contenders
Neck-and-neck races in Indiana and Nevada could determine the balance of the Senate. Both feature Libertarians who have previously cracked 5% yet aren't being polled.
Path Cleared for Still-Undecided Gary Johnson's Potentially Historic Senate Bid
Aubrey Dunn, the highest-ranking Libertarian elected official in the country, drops out of the New Mexico Senate race to make way for a two-time governor/presidential candidate who five months ago said he was "done with elected political office."
Libertarian Party Adopts New Sex Work Plank, Becomes Only Notable U.S. Party to Endorse Prostitution Decriminalization
The LP's move comes the same week the Green Party explicitly rejected a platform that protects sex worker rights.
Bill Weld Lays Groundwork for 2020 Libertarian Presidential Run
The 2016 V.P. candidate is issuing endorsements, raising money, talking about what the party needs to win the White House, and tacking in a more Libertarian direction. But will he take the plunge?
Libertarian Party Vice Chair Jokes About Shooting Up a School Board; Party's National Committee Declines to Suspend Him
Party officials split on how to deal with a member's radical rhetoric.
Libertarian Plays Spoiler in Close Pennsylvania Special Election
Democrat Conor Lamb declared victory this morning, but he leads Republican Rick Saccone by just 500 votes. Libertarian Drew Miller got more than 1,300.
That Time the LaRouchies Won Two Primaries in Illinois
Friday A/V Club: Before there was Arthur Jones, there was Mark Fairchild.
GOP to Libertarian Legislator: Your It's a Wonderful Life Screening Is Against the Law
Neither Laura Ebke nor her cinema-loving constituents seem very scared.
71 Percent of Millennials Say U.S. Politics Needs a Third Major Party
White men and black women were the most likely to endorse America moving beyond the Dem-GOP binary.
Alabama Senate Election Shouldn't Be a Binary Choice
The two-party system isn't responsive to consumer (voter) needs.
The Libertarian Party's Paid Membership Numbers Take a Dive
But registered voters, total donations to the Party remain strong even in the face of historically large loss of members for post-presidential election year.
Dismissal Upheld by D.C. Appeals Court in Gary Johnson Lawsuit Regarding Presidential Debates
Johnson's lawyer vows to fight on with the case, claiming today's decision does not properly address their complaints.
Court Ruling Jeopardizes Ranked Voting System in Maine
Constitutional concerns with voter-approved changes that benefit third-party candidates
Election Do-Over Poll Shows Gains for Gary Johnson, Jill Stein
No sign of third-party regrets
Victory for Third-Party Ballot Access in Georgia
A federal appeals court in Atlanta upheld last year's ruling that Georgia ballot access laws violated the Constitution.
