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Indeed. Both Republicans and Democrats have picked up on ones they felt most amenable to their bases, and now support them. You are demonstrating the point, that the popularity of the libertarian party =/= the popularity of many libertarian ideas.
They likely did it without any or very little thought about what Libertarians were doing or thinking at the time. They just realized that was where the beliefs were heading. No one points and names the Libertarians responsible for any political shifts. Except of course Libertarians who seem to act like they can change everything without actually changing anything, even all at the same time! Whoopy!
Until you can actually provide me with some evidence that some Democrat or Republican official somewhere thanked Libertarians or other outsiders for coming up with these ideas. You have not proven your points.