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I will never understand anyone who votes for the Libertarian candidate and then says their other choice was the far more progressive option. Is it because both
by cglace 14y ago
I will never understand anyone who votes for the Libertarian candidate and then says their other choice was the far more progressive option.
Is it because both are the contrarian play to something else?
- randallsquared 14y agoAre you confused because you believe that libertarians are on the right, maybe? If you examine libertarian positions, you might be surprised to find many of them "left" of Obama.
- cglace 14y agoSocially, yes they are "left" of Obama. Where they differ on all positions is the roll of the government to remedy social and financial problems.
- rdl 14y agoThere are some issues which aren't fiscal (directly) but aren't really social policy (directly), where Libertarians are the farthest "left" (or right, or whatever) of the two big parties, and where people may vote based on morality. GTFO Afghanistan ASAP (and their overall isolationist position) is one of the big ones. I could see someone who was pro-state intervention in domestic life, pro big taxes, etc. still voting Libertarian if he thought GTFO Afghanistan ASAP was the most important issue. It's basically impossible to put US politics (or anywhere, really) on a strict left/right linear chart.
- gte910h 14y agoFor people who social issues trump economic, Obama is far closer than Romney.