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The Libertarian Party (LP) is a libertarian political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government.
As a term, libertarian or economic libertarian has the most colloquial acceptance to describe a member of the movement, with the latter term being based on both the ideology's primacy of economics and its distinction from libertarians of the New Left. [54] According to Ian Adams: "Ideologically, all US parties are liberal and always have been.
elected as Democrat, re-elected as Libertarian, switched to Republican [k] [17] Daniel P. Gordon: Rhode Island: 71st district 4 January 2011 4 January 2013 elected as Republican, never elected as Libertarian [l] [18] Neil Randall: Vermont: Orange–3 1998 2002 elected on Republican–Libertarian fusion, left Libertarian party, elected as ...
How did the Libertarian Party Convention become a campaign stop for candidates with wildly anti-libertarian views? This year's speakers included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who once called for jailing ...
Two weeks have passed since Donald Trump’s second election win, and the once-and-future president is choosing political appointees for his second administration at a breakneck pace.
(The Libertarian Party selects the two positions in separate votes.* But the winner of the presidential nomination typically has significant influence in the outcome of the second contest.)
The first national convention, attracting 89 delegates from 23 states, was held that June in Denver, Colorado. According to Ron Crickenberger, former Political Director of the LP, a search of LP documents showed that the LP had elected Miguel Gilson-De Lemos in a partisan local board race in New York even before the adoption of its first platform.
The nation's political eyes this weekend will be affixed on a spectacle that rarely attracts significant attention: the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C. ... "Best period of ...