Five Reasons Why Liberals Should Vote Libertarian

By Micah J. Fleck

Following our previous list of Five Reasons Why Conservatives Should Vote Libertarian, TLR is now looking at the top five reasons that those other guys, liberals, should also consider voting for the Libertarian Party – in 2016, locally, and beyond.

As the resident lefty libertarian on staff, I have explained my own case before on why liberals and Democrats can and should make good allies for libertarians, but boiling down my case to five points came from a more focused appeal to the two groups’ similarities: both groups care very much about equality for all people under the law, freedom from tyranny, and economic fairness. The problem is, the mechanisms by which the liberals see fit to reach these goals are not quite the same as those held fast to by the libertarians. But perhaps, with some closer examination, the former group can find more reasons than expected to warm up to the latter… Especially with the alternative options from the main parties this year.

Here are five reasons for liberals and Democrats to seriously consider a Libertarian vote: