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Originally Posted by Pretty Little Flower
As SEC Chick already said, the right is already blaming the libertarians for blowing the election.
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Yeah, the Libertarians got like 5 times as many votes as the Green Party, last I checked. A Libertarian won a state house seat in Wyoming (only the fifth ever and the first in 20 years) and one got 33% against Tom Cotton, which is the best showing for the LP in a federal race ever.
I would have enthusiastically voted for Justin Amash, and gave him money when he was exploring a candidacy. As it is I was fine with my write in for Romney, him having voted for impeachment and marched in a BLM protest (aside from Biden having said in 2012 he would put black folks back in chains, which was not an insignificant hurdle for me to get to a Biden vote). As it is, JoJo got more votes than any LP except Gary Johnson in 2016.
I did appear in the Republican Voters Against Trump ads that aired in swing states immediately leading up to the election, evidence is that the effort to pull off the persuadable 2016 voters was successful. The difference between RVAT and the Lincoln Project is that RVAT was pissed that Mattis and GWB et al stood by and did nothing, whereas Lincoln Project is trying to get Ossoff elected.
I also had my name turned in by RVAT to a voting rights org they partnered with to be a plaintiff in a voting rights lawsuit against Greg Abbott, specifically on the one mail in drop box per county rule, though I ultimately was not selected (and I admit would not have been the most sympathetic plaintiff).
