Current Events > According to stats, LIBERTARIANS generally vote CONSERVATIVE over LIBERAL..Why?

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libertarians always tout themselves as "middle of the ground" voters who say they are left when it comes to social issues but right when it comes to economic issues...

but polls show that these libertarians always vote conservative, 80% of the time over the liberal candidate anyway...

Why do you think this is?

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Because they tend to value the 1st and 2nd Ammendments whereas liberals don't at all.
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Libertarians tend to value limited government intervention above their social and economic views.
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most Libertarians are just Conservatives who don't want to admit they're conservatives or group themselves with conservatives. I'm not saying that in a bad way, its just funny to me when you see people side with every republican politician, constantly vote republican, have the most conservative ideals, then say "umm, excuse me....i'm not a conservative im a LIBERTARIAN"....Yea ok guy..."Libertarian" is just the trendy thing for people on the right to be.
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Libertarians are basically young conservatives. Ones the old, social conservatives die out, libertarians will be the new conservatives.
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Libertarians are not "middle of the ground." They're hard right on economic, freedom and security issues and have some more liberal social views.
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Liberals are the worst
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r4X0r posted...

Libertarians are not "middle of the ground." They're hard right on economic, freedom and security issues and have some more liberal social views.

This. Libertarians are what I hope are the future of the Republican party.
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TheVipaGTS posted...

most Libertarians are just Conservatives who don't want to admit they're conservatives or group themselves with conservatives. I'm not saying that in a bad way, its just funny to me when you see people side with every republican politician, constantly vote republican, have the most conservative ideals, then say "umm, excuse me....i'm not a conservative im a LIBERTARIAN"....Yea ok guy..."Libertarian" is just the trendy thing for people on the right to be.

I dunno, nearly every Libertarian I've hey has been vehemently against the GOP's social policy views.
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The GOP's social policy views are a thing of the past, and few people under 50 agree with them. Libertarians are basically taking conservatism and adapting it to the present day.
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The fact that both parties are so bad on foreign policy makes it easier to vote against Democrats. If somebody like Glenn Greenwald was running against Mitt Romney, I would vote for Glenn if I knew he would completely slam on the breaks on the military industrial complex.

Another major problem I have with the left is their desire to import voters from the 3rd world because they will rely on government assistance. We aren't going to end up with a free society like that. I used to be an open borders libertarian, but now I would only take that position if we were talking about a country with zero welfare. Immigration has turned into a government program that leaves no opening for politically possible libertarian answers.

Sadly, the Libertarian Party today is not worth a protest vote IMO. I say this as somebody who donated to the LP in 2012. I get that they want enough votes to get on the debate stage, but that's fruitless if their candidate isn't an effective spokesperson. They should have gone with Austin Petersen.
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M_Live posted...

tennisdude818 posted...

The fact that both parties are so bad on foreign policy makes it easier to vote against Democrats.

As opposed to the Republican take on foreign policy, which is piss off every other country & make us look like a joke.

Did you actually read my post?
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because what's called "libertarianism" in America is a uniquely American delusion

hardcore libertarians are nutjobs

who cares how they vote
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