What would happen if the GOP goes Libertarian?

[President Mitt]

Lets say, the the Libertarians win the Power Struggle over Religous Conservatives in the Republican Party. How would a typical Electoral Map look, and how would the Democrats respond? Would the Evangelicals move in to take over the Democratic Party?

[President Mitt]

Then the Democratic Party becomes the only real game in town, with the GOP no longer a viable major political party as it follows in the Federalist Party's footsteps.  As for its religious and social conservative foot-soldiers -they either stay home or join the Constitution Party.   

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100% agreed. I would flock back to the democrats, well, more of a dixiecrat.

*Libertarians party dieso ut as they all flee to the GOP
* Religious right and Southerners were already itching to go back to their ocnservative democrat roots. So most likely either become Far-right democrats or third party.
* GOP becomes a third party.
* Constitution party  becomes a  majority party, as the Liberlas keep scaring off the conservative democrats and the  conservative ex-GOPhers. Then it's going to be a Democrat v. Constitution Party battle!

*Dreams more*

Utter Nonsense

[President Mitt]

I like the map above, California would be a swing state IMO, and the GOP would actually have a presence in New England. North Carolina and Virginia would be trending more GOP with immigrant GOPers going down.

[President Mitt]

My take on it, 2008

Dem- 216
Rep.- 215
Swing state- 107

[President Mitt]

The GOP would be a distant third party. Libertarians here have not realized the basic truth that people from Hashami Rafsanjani in Iran to Ronald Reagan in the US have grasped; there is no electoral constituency anywhere in the world for economic conservatism. Everyone wants government money, they just disagree about who else should get it and what it should be spent on. So Economic Conservatives are forced to borrow someone else constituency.

You can chose economic liberals who care enough about social conservatism they are willing to put up with a nutty economic policy, or you can care so much about individual social freedom you go with the democrats despite their economic views.

Or of course you can win your 8% or 9% of the vote and feel all nice and pure.

I would definitely like some proof.

[President Mitt]

How about No. Anti-Libertarian Hackery shifted into high gear.

[President Mitt]

I actually think it would look a lot like Ford v. Carter 1976.

That, but Ohio,  and Illinois switch, Texas switches, and Michigan switches. Im also tempted to switch Florida and North Carolina around. I think a lot of those Research triangle moderates would swing to the new GOP.

[President Mitt]

The religious right will drag the GOP down where the Whigs and the Progressives lay today. Young voters today are overwelmingly hostile to the RR. As am I. Its better to cut our losses and get rid of them. If not a Libertarian platform, at least tone down the moralf****try talk.

[President Mitt]

Something like this perhaps?

That's nearly the same map I had, but why would SC go Libertarian?

You'd be surprised abut SC. They have a sizeable (and growing) Yankee population who are fiscally Conservative and Socially Liberal, a prefect fit for this new GOP. If The SC Gop can grap enough of the Southern White Vote, SC would still go GOP. I disagree about KY, LA, TN, and Missouri though, Unfortunately I think they'd be Democrat strongholds in this Party atmosphere.