Why can’t the libertarians get organized in local elections/run in the Republican primaries?
The libertarian party is organized enough to make a national convention and have delegates etc there. That’s no small feat in terms of having a critical mass of connections to get stuff happening. And liberterinsm seems popular enough that they could run a local candidate in a congressional district that will be open to it and has a weak incumbent. The numbers of signatures you need is usually less than the number of people who vote libertarians on presidential elections. My take is it’s much more practical to run libertarian values in Republican primaries. Labels are unimportant as long as policy gets advocated for. There is definitely enough libertarians to get on the primary ballot. I know they have to be registered Republican but they don’t charge a membership fee or anything and you can still vote however you want. If the party would just start organizing and using political analysts to see which congressional districts have the most potential and focus their efforts there, they can get a libertarian, even if they have an R next to their name, in congress. And if they get elected momentum would make it easier to get another one. And if some become prominent and run for senate or even a presidential primary run after serving several congress terms that would be the best way to actually get a libertarian president. The voters are there. Libertarian sentiment is there. The party just needs to organize instead of just throwing a token spoiler candidate every 4 years. submitted by /u/RinoaRita [link] [comments]
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