By: Robert F. DeFinis, Ed.D. Where has Al Gore been during the 2016 presidential election season? We didn’t see him at the Democratic National Convention because he had a prior commitment, it took him six weeks to give a less than enthusiastic endorsement of his former boss’s wife after she became the presumptive nominee, and unlike many…
What Would 2016 Have Looked Like With Paul as GOP Nominee? by Josh Guckert It’s eleven weeks until Election Day 2016 as the two major-party nominees attempt to court voters. On the Democratic side is Hillary Clinton and her running mate Julian Castro. While her nomination was fairly predictable, far more interesting is her opponent: Republican Rand Paul….
by Phillip Stucky Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson could have a better showing in November than his current 9 to 10 percent polling averages suggest, according to a Morning Consult poll published Monday. Thirty-two percent of likely voters reported they would at least consider voting for libertarian Johnson. The candidate has consistently polled at 9 to 10 percent in…
Johnson Prospers Among Those Who Know the Numbers by Josh Guckert In a survey of economists conducted by the National Association for Business Economics, Gary Johnson earned 15% of the vote. Fifty-five percent said that Hillary Clinton would be the best at managing the economy, while Donald Trump earned 14%, and 15% remained undecided. The economists…
Romney Has Yet to Announce His November Selection by Josh Guckert On Saturday, in an interview with Deseret News, Libertarian Presidential nominee Gary Johnson asserted that Mitt Romney would play a part in his eventual Presidency. Said Johnson, “If Mitt Romney wants to be a part of the administration, that would be a guarantee.” He…
Virginia Trump Spokesman Not Fond of Libertarian Voters by Josh Guckert On Saturday, Republican nominee Donald Trump‘s Virginia Campaign Chairman Corey Stewart made his feelings clear on Libertarians Gary Johnson and William Weld. Stewart insisted that Republican support for the ticket is “traitorous and destructive.” Said Stewart, “There is no such thing as an anti-Trump group. Anti-Trump is…
By Micah J. Fleck We’ve heard the arguments that “a vote for (insert spoiler candidate here) is a vote for (disliked two-party candidate here)” numerous times. The idea is to discourage people from voting on principle by garnering fear of a boogyman-like caricature of whichever of the two main candidates in the running is seen…
Ron Paul Has Done More for Libertarians Than Most Anyone Else by Josh Guckert On August 20, 1935, Ronald Ernest Paul was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Few could have predicted at that time the impact Ron Paul would have on American politics some fifty-plus years after. After graduating from Gettysburg College with a B.S. in…
Trump Sounded Different Sixteen Years Ago by Josh Guckert In a video from 2000, Donald Trump, states that third-parties must be permitted to debate. He called their exclusion “disgraceful” and said that it is “amazing that they can get away with it.” He goes on to describe Republicans and Democrats as “concerned” and “extremely nervous” about the prospects of a…
Jonah Bennett Facebook recently banned the profile of respected journalist and academic Jonathan Spyer for mentioning the threat radical Islam poses to Europe, then later reinstated his account without explanation. The Middle East analyst and senior research fellow at the Global Research in International Affairs Center had written a brief post mentioning specific keywords such as “Islamist” and…