G.R. Patterson III opined

Wdtabor wrote:

This is a fight I have with my fellow LP members often. TO me, it is more
important that libertarian ideas prevail, not Libertarian candidates. If
that means gently persuading Republicans and even some Democrats to become
more libertarian, then so be it.

Let's see if I understand you correctly. Your theory is that, if enough
people vote Libertarian, the other candidates will start to adopt some of the
LP views in an attempt to siphon off some of those votes?

I would like to be able to agree, but I think that Dems and Reps would simply
be afraid of losing votes they already have and afraid of losing the support
of the main party.

The Progressive Party never won an election in the 20s and 30s, but their
policies were adopted by the Dems. I think it was in Oregon in '02 that the
Repub lost by less than what the LP canadsate got.

In any case, a vote is never "wasted" if you vote for the candidate you
prefer.

George Patterson
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something that can be learned
no other way.


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