Sweet, that is a great source.
Now I'm confused. I always thought LP was liberal pansy.
We currently hold 165 local offices. The main reason to try to run a Presidential candidate each election is to maintain ballot access in many states. There are quite a few candidates who got 30%+ of the vote for State Representative or State Senator last year running as Libertarians, including one who lost with over 48% of the vote.
My daughter-in-law is a supervisor for the local post office. Was a rural carrier for 20 years & switched to management. Now, that's the DARK SIDE!
I like many parts of the LP ideas but I find some of their positions extreme. Don't quote me because I have not checked their platform in some time but from what I remember, they don't believe in borders, as far as they are concerned whoever wants to come in, no problem. Free trade with no restrictions which is nonsense, there is no such thing as free trade when it is free one way only as practiced today. No labor laws, if you are forced to buy from the company store, "if you don't like it quit" approach. They are mostly anti government, any government, let'em do what they want thinking. I hate big government as much as the next guy and at the same time I recognize the need for it. The need is why since the beginning of time humans and animals formed societies and governments.
Just a couple of points that show a very crude platform that the majority of the people cannot support.
When a party is trying constantly and gets ignored constantly, at some point the faithful need to reexamine their believes. Unless they want to feel good and results don't matter.
At a time in our history when the people have no respect for either main party, the LP party has no support. Like a low hanging fruit that nobody reaches out to pick because they don't like the taste. At this point one can blame the people ( the Democrats tried that when the people voted Republican in MO), or consider that it is time to look at their own shortcomings.
How about turning the NRA in to a political party?
How about the CP?
2000 & 2004 The CP achieved ballot access in 41 and 36 states respectively. Though the party was on fewer state ballots in 2004, the vote tally increased by 40% compared to the 2000 elections while other ‘alternative’ parties lost ground or barely matched their 2000 vote totals.
2008 The CP was on the ballot in 37 states. Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin and vice-presidential candidate Darrell Castle, endorsed by former GOP presidential candidate, Congressman Ron Paul.
NUMBERS
The CP is the third largest political party in terms of voter registration. There are 367,000 registered CP voters. (This number does not take into account the many states which do not tally voter registrations by party. In addition, thousands of voters registered with other parties have chosen to vote for Constitution Party candidates at the national, state and local levels.)
One quarter of all voters nation-wide are registered as independent or as members of a ‘third party’. Over the last 10 years this has been the largest growing segment of voter registrations. Some states’ third party or independent registrations approach 1/3 of all registered voters.
Independent voters are playing a bigger role in national and local politics as disappointment with both the Republican and Democratic parties increases.
http://www.constitutionparty.com
2000 & 2004 The CP achieved ballot access in 41 and 36 states respectively. Though the party was on fewer state ballots in 2004, the vote tally increased by 40% compared to the 2000 elections while other ‘alternative’ parties lost ground or barely matched their 2000 vote totals.
2008 The CP was on the ballot in 37 states. Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin and vice-presidential candidate Darrell Castle, endorsed by former GOP presidential candidate, Congressman Ron Paul.
NUMBERS
The CP is the third largest political party in terms of voter registration. There are 367,000 registered CP voters. (This number does not take into account the many states which do not tally voter registrations by party. In addition, thousands of voters registered with other parties have chosen to vote for Constitution Party candidates at the national, state and local levels.)
One quarter of all voters nation-wide are registered as independent or as members of a ‘third party’. Over the last 10 years this has been the largest growing segment of voter registrations. Some states’ third party or independent registrations approach 1/3 of all registered voters.
Independent voters are playing a bigger role in national and local politics as disappointment with both the Republican and Democratic parties increases.
http://www.constitutionparty.com
