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Isn't it about time for people in our industry to admit they're libertarian and vote (and donate) that way? Both parties are against our interests. Conservativ

Isn't it about time for people in our industry to admit they're libertarian and vote (and donate) that way? Both parties are against our interests. Conservatives are for maintaining the status quo which is the opposite of what we do. Both parties cater to special interests, in this case placing democrats against us. If our industry started putting votes and money behind a third party that let us do what we do best and left us alone (aka Libertarians) we'd be much better off.

maratd 15y ago
> Isn't it about time for people in our industry to admit they're libertarian and vote (and donate) that way? Yes! > If our industry started putting votes and money behind a third party No! For you to win in the general election with 3 parties, you'd need to muster at least a third of the vote. That's a lot of people! For you to win a primary of a major party, you would need to muster the vote of a fourth of the voting populace. Actually, it's even lower than that, since many don't affiliate themselves with a party and out of those, many don't vote in primaries. On top of that, you can end the primary early as long as you kill off your opponents in a few early states. So it's much easier to take over an existing party (like the GOP) than to create a third. On top of that, all those conservatives you don't like ... well, they'll vote for your guy now. Because they have a choice of two and they like your guy more. Ron Paul is doing it right. That's the only way a libertarian leaning pol will ever get close to the presidency.