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Could our next president be a Libertarian?

As they look ahead to the 2020 election, few political pundits have considered the possibility that a Libertarian Party candidate could be elected president. Yes, I know it's a long shot, but not as long a shot as it might initially seem.

Because of the Electoral College system of voting, third-party candidates have a better chance of winning than most people think. If no candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes, the House of Representatives chooses the president from among the three candidates with the most electoral votes.

To be in the running, all that a third-party candidate must do is receive enough electoral votes to ensure that neither the Democratic nor Republican nominee wins an Electoral College majority, in which case the "spoiler" becomes a credible final contender. In a close race, the candidate might need to win just one state to send the election to the House of Representatives.

At that point, the third-party candidate would have to convince members of the House to vote for him or her rather than for the major-party candidates. It's unlikely, but not impossible. It depends on who's running.

Libertarian ideas on social policy appeal to Democrats, while libertarian ideas on economic policy appeal to Republicans, so a skillful pitch on those ideas might win over Representatives dissatisfied with their own party's candidates. Although the Libertarian Party is often perceived as a fringe party, libertarian ideas are about as widely held as consistent liberal or conservative views by the general public. Many Americans have views that are socially liberal and economically conservative.

Currently, it's not a complete stretch to think that many Republicans might abandon their president to vote for a third-party candidate. President Trump is not that popular with House Republicans, judging by the significant numbers of GOP lawmakers who have announced they will not be seeking re-election. If the Democratic nominee is way outside the mainstream - as is easy to picture given the party's current field of candidates - then a coalition of Democrats might join with some Republicans to support the third-party candidate.

For a Libertarian to win the presidency, the first step is for the Libertarian Party to choose a candidate who appears more reasonable to Americans, and especially to members of the House of Representatives, than the major-party candidates.

The second step is to campaign in just a few key states. In a close election, a third-party candidate could win only Texas, for instance, and still prevent rivals from winning an electoral majority - thus throwing the election to the House of Representatives. The candidate should publicly announce this strategy beforehand, so that voters can see that the candidate has a real chance of victory and that their Libertarian votes would not be wasted .

An attractive Libertarian candidate with only a few electoral votes would then have the same status before the House of Representatives as the major-party candidates - and a coalition of disgruntled Democrats and Republicans could put a Libertarian in the White House.

Keep in mind Ross Perot. In 1992 he received 19 percent of the popular vote, but his support was spread throughout the country, so he didn't receive a single electoral vote. If he had concentrated his campaigning in a few states, however, he might have converted his popular support into enough Electoral College votes to pitch the contest to the House. And who knows what might have happened then.

Could something similar happen in 2020? It is unlikely. But if 2016 proved anything, it's that we must not dismiss improbable-sounding electoral outcomes out of hand.

JimbobNE 8 Dec 8
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Wishful thinking

It definitely is, but it is difficult to look at elections as a libertarian knowing your vote means very little.

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That is an excellent message as far as I am concerned, and I'd like to add to the message.

Ross Perot was threatened with who knows what precise threat having to do with his daughter. Before that event Ross Perot was gaining power (political currency if you will), then he backed out, then he returned, but upon the return, the momentum was lost.

Not many people today, especially the current generation, remember "The Giant Sucking Sound," and actual debates with the criminals Clinton and Bush. The writing was on the wall, as far as I was concerned, and it was the end of the Deep State Corporatocracy, perhaps not the end of the Corporatocracy, just as is the situation today. Trump ended the Deep State Corporatocracy, and if Ross Perot had done that in 1992 a host of events may have not happened including Ruby Ridge, Waco, Oklahoma City, 911, Gulf War 1, Gulf War II, War in Afghanistan, Patriot Act, a number of so-called “lone gunman school shootings,” the recent Las Vegas “lone gunman massacre,” and all the usurpation by Deep State operatives exemplified in the Hammond and Bundy cases.

There may not have been a modern-day militia movement, and the National Debt may not have gone past the point of no return.

Tensions with China, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela (richest oil and mineral area on earth perhaps), may not have proceeded to the point where today the FED is facing actual competition for World Reserve Currency Status (power).

Crypto-Currencies may not have organically grown to the point they are now, as Ross Perot may have been able to remove the Deep State Corruption from the National Central Bank.

I don’t mean to suggest that the Corporatocracy started in 1789 would have been replaced by an actual Federal Government Voluntary Mutual Defense Association bonding 50 (or so) Independent States, but it is very possible that the Deep State Criminals, as it is now with Trump, would have been opposed in a meaningful way with Perot sitting in the hot seat reserved for Puppets of the Deep State.

How much more powerful did the Deep State become (and how much more corrupt) since 1992?

The answer to me is clear that the Deep State has become so corrupt since 1992 that they can no longer hide at all. Every step they take now is a shovel full of bullshit that digs them ever deeper into the living hell they have created. That is in-your-face right now, exemplified with the Major Media disaster working to place Deep State Puppet Killary into office, claiming victory, and suffering debilitating, power-robbing, and truth shining light in their collective Deep State Defeat.

I don’t think it is at all far fetched to consider the real possibility of yet another non-Deep State President in the near and far future. I think they have played out their Con Game.

It is very refreshing to see someone actually doing the homework required to make sense of our Modern Times, and the potential for a better future. Thanks, that was a good read.

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For now I will stick with the "DON"!!!!!!
Talk to me in 2024!!!!!

Serg97 Level 8 Dec 8, 2019
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I would like nothing more than breaking the severely damaged two party system, however to this point, no one has been able to field a viable candidate that’s actually electable.
One can only hope...

2peros Level 8 Dec 8, 2019
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