I think people on the right talk about it pushing people "hard right" they're specifically talking about the rise of the Mises caucus: https://en.wikipedia.org/

I think people on the right talk about it pushing people "hard right" they're specifically talking about the rise of the Mises caucus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mises_Caucus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mises_Caucus I think there's a separate complaint about the Libertarian candidates peeling voters away from conservative Republicans in close contests, resulting in a Democratic victory. The problem with this argument is that many of these Libertarian voters have zero interest in major-party politics, and may not be closely aligned with either party. So if you removed the Libertarian candidate from the ballot, many Libertarian voters would rather stay home than decide on the "lesser evil", and those that did choose a major party wouldn't support one party over another enough to matter.