The Libertarian Path to Democrat One-Party Rule

[mystery-ak]

The Libertarian Path to Democrat One-Party Rule

Libertarians may be the reason that, come January 20, Democrats control the White House and both houses of Congress.

By Edward Ring
December 2, 2020

A recent article in the Washington Examiner titled “Maybe the libertarians weren’t so irrelevant after all” just scratches the surface of the challenge posed to conservatives in America by the Libertarian Party. To state the obvious, America is a two-party system. When you split the anti-socialist vote, the socialist wins.

When elections are close, and three of America’s last six presidential elections have been decided by razor thin margins, the spoiler doesn’t have to be relevant to be “relevant.” When electoral votes are decided by margins of a few thousand, a one-percent shift to a third party changes who wins.

As Washington Examiner columnist Tiana Lowe put it: “In Arizona, Jorgensen has more than 50,000 votes, with 98% of total votes counted. Biden leads Trump by fewer than 15,000 votes. In Georgia, Jorgensen’s total is nearly six times Biden’s lead. In Wisconsin, it’s nearly double, and in Pennsylvania, it’s almost the same story.”

In the six states where Trump is reportedly losing by the thinnest margins, the impact of the Libertarian candidate either flipped the election to Biden or very nearly did. Notably, the Green Party candidate was not present on the ballot in any of these states except for Michigan, where he only won 0.2 percent of the vote. As the chart below shows, if the voters who’d opted for Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgenson had chosen Trump instead, Biden would now be losing in Georgia, Arizona, and Wisconsin, and his lead in Pennsylvania would be just 2,263 votes.

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[Fishrrman]

"Libertarians"...

The thought of them makes me wretch.
They're as worthless as pacifists.

[jmyrlefuller]

Pay them no heed. If they were not to qualify for the ballot, their voters would stay home.

That's especially true in swing states. Third parties always get their strongest turnouts in states that are lopsided in favor of one party or the other.

And for the record, supporters of open-borders, no-tariffs Jorgensen were never going to vote for a protectionist who thrives on deficit spending like Donald Trump. It's a fantasy.

[libertybele]

Silly to blame the Libertarians.  The Democrat one party rule has been in the works for decades.  They've succeeded. 

[roamer_1]

Pay them no heed. If they were not to qualify for the ballot, their voters would stay home.

That's right... Because unlike in the past Republicans have nothing to offer them.

That is not their fault.

The customer is always right. When they won't buy what you are offering, clearly the fault is your own.