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Originally posted by rogue49
Personally, we need some of our own Libertarianism on this side,
the whole system now caters excessively to business & pork.
There needs to be some clean up.
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Libertarian politicians have had some notable successes in certain localities. In many local races, after all, votes tend to be issue-driven more than anything else. Libertarians have had a lot of success in espousing ideas and policies that resonate with a disillusioned electorate who want to change the status quo.
Ultimately, this is the key to success of any "third party" in this political system. Those libertarians who are elected gain recognition for their policies and their ideas. Momentum could carry their cause to much larger political offices, such as congressmen, senators, and governors.
(LP website)
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The Libertarian Party ran more than 1430 candidates in the 2000 elections, more than twice as many as all other third parties combined. We fielded candidates for 255 of the 435 seats in the U.S House as well as 25 of the 33 Senate seats up for election -- the first time in eighty years that any third party has contested a majority of the seats in Congress. Our slate of U.S. House candidates received 1.7 million votes, the first time any third party has received over a million votes for U.S. House.
We are building a new political party from the grassroots up, and the vast majority of our candidates are running for local office. Currently, over 300 Libertarians hold elective office, more than twice as many as all other third parties combined.
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