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I can't believe I am the one who is saying this, but it appears that for anti-trumpers like myself, the Libertarian Party seems like an attractive option. Why? Well many old traditionalists feel like our party has been hijacked by this very group. Of which Trump now has most of their ears. The party switchers have all gone out and voted for Trump leaving a gaping hole in the actual libertarian movement, because lets face it. Trump isn't a libertarian! Yet many libertarians are voting for him because of the perception that he is an outsider and that he is "tough" and he will give it to the politicians. Lets just forget about the fact that these people are dreaming and have bought his lies hook, line and sinker. As that's not what this thread is about.
The problem many people had with the Libertarian Party is that they were considered among the fringe of the fringe. All the while, they claimed they were the purest of "real" Republicans. I heard this over and over in 2012 but no one would take them seriously. Why? It's because they were the fringe with no real candidates except a loose cabal of stammering idiots who only seemed to care about marijuana legalization and hippy dippy kumbaya ideas. However, if these same Republicans that are anti-Trump bounce into the Libertarian Party and they try to use it as a platform for their ideas (much like Libertarians have used the Republican Platform in the past) I see it being very influential to that party or any third party really.
Does Trump fracture the two party system?
The problem many people had with the Libertarian Party is that they were considered among the fringe of the fringe. All the while, they claimed they were the purest of "real" Republicans. I heard this over and over in 2012 but no one would take them seriously. Why? It's because they were the fringe with no real candidates except a loose cabal of stammering idiots who only seemed to care about marijuana legalization and hippy dippy kumbaya ideas. However, if these same Republicans that are anti-Trump bounce into the Libertarian Party and they try to use it as a platform for their ideas (much like Libertarians have used the Republican Platform in the past) I see it being very influential to that party or any third party really.
Does Trump fracture the two party system?