You're right-- I am libertarian and will vote for the candidate that's stronger on economic issues even if they're a social conservative. Here's my reasoning:

You're right-- I am libertarian and will vote for the candidate that's stronger on economic issues even if they're a social conservative. Here's my reasoning: Social issues tend toward liberalization on their own. Except in a few cases, social issues are part of the culture war, and culture changes generationally. Economic rights are different. They need protection because once lost, they never come back. Once you have the precendent of government intervention, that helps justify the next intervention. Once you use the Commerce Clause to regulate marijuana that is grown and consumed w/o crossing state lines, it's open season on all forms of regulation. So my calculation is that socially retarded candidates will do the least harm.