by Josh Guckert It will be easy for some in the libertarian movement to admonish and criticize Gary Johnson and William Weld for their performance last night. However, after they earned over 3% of the vote, including over 4 million popular votes, they deserve praise. Not only did they shatter the LP record for earned…
by Kitty Testa If you’re experiencing shock and awe this morning while realizing that Donald Trump has won the presidency with 276 electoral votes, garnering surprising wins in places like Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, it’s a good idea to gather your assumptions about the electorate and examine them. Whether you’re jumping for joy or crying in…
by Josh Guckert Many on Tuesday called the election a choice between the lesser of two evils, and that it was. However, the selections were not Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Rather, it was a much more fundamental debate: unabashed straightforwardness and expression of unease with drastic social change; or feelings of elitism and intolerance toward…
by Josh Guckert In one of the most shocking developments in American history, Donald Trump has defeated Hillary Clinton to become the next President of the United States. Trump was apparently able to ride a wave of white, working-class anger to pull off an unbelievable upset. Based on early reports, Democratic turnout for Clinton was…
by Brian Nichols In some tongue-in-cheek Election Day fodder, a curious (and humorous) question arose on social media after a video of Republican nominee Donald Trump and his wife, Melania Trump, was released showing a skeptical Trump eyeing his wife’s ballot during their visit to their polling place in New York City: Is Melania “Feeling…
by Rachel Stoltzfoos Republican nominee Donald Trump was booed as he got out of his car to vote in the presidential election in New York Tuesday. A large crowd had gathered around polling station 59, just steps away from Trump Tower, where the business mogul was expected to vote. As he and Melania got out of the…
Ballot Measure Cheat Sheet for Missouri Libertarians by Aya Katz Missouri Libertarians, listen up! I live in Missouri. I am a Libertarian. And, yes, I am voting for Gary Johnson and Bill Weld. They are not my first choice, but my first choice is not on the ballot. Johnson/Weld are the best I can do…
by Josh Guckert The highly-respected polling site FiveThirtyEight now projects Gary Johnson to earn exactly 5.0% of the popular vote on Tuesday. The highest projected share which Johnson has reached this cycle is 9.2% on July 17 and then 9.0% on September 11. In spite of historical trends which indicate that third-party candidates effectively disappear…
by Eli Bowman So what will you do now? After today, you might be celebrating or you might be mourning. You might feel victorious or you might feel defeated. Tonight, after the talking heads on TV announce the winner of the election, one thing is certain, you’ll have something to say about it…and your heart…
By Jordan LaPorta It’s finally here. After over a year of endless campaigning, and a primary season that yielded us two horrendously atrocious candidates, the day of reckoning has arrived. Throughout the day, Americans across the country will go to the polls to vote for, among other things, the next President of the United States….