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Question: Will Libertarians do better or worse than 2012 in 2016?
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Former Senator Haslam2020
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« on: January 29, 2016, 08:12:22 PM »
Yes or no?
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Mike Thick
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« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2016, 08:14:17 PM »
Yes, they will do better or worse than 2012 Wink

I get the gist, and I think they stand a chance of improving.
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« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2016, 08:17:59 PM »
Better, assuming trump or even Rubio gets nominated.
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« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2016, 08:19:54 PM »
They will do worse
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« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2016, 08:34:09 PM »
Johnson? Better. Libertarians as a whole? Worse, as they won't be able to run up the score in IN/MO due to bad republican senate candidates.
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« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2016, 08:46:21 PM »
I think almost certainly better.
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« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2016, 08:50:19 PM »
Better, probably. Would be significantly better if Rand actually campaigned as a libertarian.
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« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2016, 09:17:58 PM »
If the GOP nominee is someone left of Rubio (Trump, Jeb!!!!!!!, Kasich), especially if it's Trump, the Libertarians will do far better (at least at the top of the ticket) than the 0.9% that Gary Johnson got in 2012.

Otherwise, I don't know.
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« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2016, 09:19:50 PM »
If the GOP nominates Trump, they'll do better. Doubly so if the election is Clinton-Trump; the Greens and possibly Constitution Party would also get a boost in that scenario.
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« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2016, 09:32:48 PM »
If Trump, Rubio, Kasich, or Bush get nominated, they will do better in 2016.
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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2016, 09:44:42 PM »
Will Libertarians do better or worse? Yes. Ok.
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2016, 11:22:53 AM »
They should do better. Libertarians are the biggest block of completely unrepresented voters in the country (especially this cycle), so if Johnson or whoever runs a semi-decent campaign, he should motivate them.
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2016, 01:18:17 PM »
Quote from: ElectionsGuy on January 30, 2016, 11:22:53 AM
They should do better. Libertarians are the biggest block of completely unrepresented voters in the country (especially this cycle), so if Johnson or whoever runs a semi-decent campaign, he should motivate them.

They are underrepresented, but most libertarians are economic libertarians first.  As such, most will continue to vote Republican.
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2016, 01:19:05 PM »
Depends on the nominee. Probably worse if Cruz somehow wins it.
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