Thank you, this is very insightful. I agree about your venn diagram. There is a reason we call Ron Paul Libertarian-ISH though, but some news sources drop the

Thank you, this is very insightful. I agree about your venn diagram. There is a reason we call Ron Paul Libertarian-ISH though, but some news sources drop the "ish". (just to cherry pick an example) I'm of the personal opinion that there are many people on both sides who are Libertarians but won't call themselves Libertarians for one of two reasons: 1. Fear of being called crazy or associated with a subset of Libertarians who are very extreme 2. It's throwing away a vote (or if you're a politician, it's disenfranchising the base) * * Disclaimer, I voted for Obama in 2008 but I did vote for Gary Johnson (the LP candidate) in 2012 and I think if enough people do that we can break the two part system for good.