Johnson Leads Among Officers, Navy, and Air Force By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson may not be making headway toward the 15 percent he needs to be in the presidential debates, but among active duty military, he is in a statistical dead-heat with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. A poll conducted by Military Times and…
by Josh Guckert Several absentee ballots in two Pennsylvania counties have left off Libertarian Gary Johnson‘s name. His is the only of the five eligible candidates’ names to be omitted: As posted by the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania (LPPA): Indiana and Susquehanna appear to be the only counties afflicted by this issue. The LPPA is working…
Krugman Ignores and Mischaracterizes Johnson’s Positions By: Elias J. Atienza Paul Krugman, the resident Keynesian at The New York Times, recently wrote an opinion editorial asking why millennials are not voting for Hillary Clinton. Krugman essentially laminates the old tired argument that a vote for a Gary Johnson is a vote for Donald Trump. Krugman fears that young…
by Josh Guckert In 2008, Ron Paul famously refused to support Republican nominee John McCain and instead urged voters to vote for a third-party. At the time, that included Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney, Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin (whom Paul would ultimately endorse) and Independent candidate Ralph Nader. Paul was so…
by Josh Guckert As reported by Bryan Caplan, a George Mason economics professor and adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, answers to one particular question in the exit survey of the annual Cato Libertarian-Conservative is of interest. As Caplan notes: Q23. Do you favor or oppose a law in your state that would allow businesses…
By Wayne Pac Libertarians come from many different creeds and perspectives. They have many different philosophies pertaining to the government and other topics. Many libertarians happen to dislike the alt-right vehemently. They believe the alt-right is merely a political group of racist people posting memes on the internet, and spouting racist remarks. Something that is…
by Josh Guckert On Sunday afternoon, libertarians were aghast at the news reported by Carl Bernstein (the author of A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton) of CNN that Libertarian vice presidential nominee William Weld would withdraw his candidacy and endorse Hillary Clinton. There’s just one problem: these rumors ended up being completely false….
Johnson on Recent Attacks: “Grateful Nobody Got Hurt” by I, AnCap Recently, several explosions went off in New York, Minnesota, and New Jersey. When asked on CNN about the attacks, the Libertarian nominee says he was “grateful no one has been hurt,” despite the fact that nearly 30 people were injured. I’m just grateful that nobody…
by Josh Guckert In an interview on CNN Friday, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blamed Gary Johnson and Jill Stein for Hillary Clinton‘s bad poll numbers. When asked why there is such an enthusiasm gap and tight polling between Clinton and Donald Trump, she said that some voters (including millennials) have gone to the “third and fourth”…
by Micah J. Fleck Well, it’s official – Gary Johnson and Jill Stein will not be included in the official televised presidential debates. In other words, the majority of the country will once again remain blind to the choice it actually has, and be given a false narrative on what is actually going on in…