Timeline for In the US, why do libertarians tend to side with the Republican party rather than the Democratic party?
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| Feb 1, 2023 at 17:38 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | @user4012 it should be noted that in elections for specific seats the 2-party-dominance effect is per-seat. They don't have to be Republican and Democrat in every electoral district. | |
| Jan 31, 2023 at 11:15 | comment | added | Criticizing Israel not allowed | This chart is just an advertisement with little real bearing on reality. | |
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| May 7, 2015 at 16:18 | comment | added | user4012 | @Chloe - they DO side with GOP or Democrats, not out of some deep ideological intricacies of Nolan Chart, but out of the first-past-the-post electoral system enforcing the dominance of only 2 parties. Outside of narrow range of exceptions, you will ALWAYS have either D or R in a specific elected slot; so as an electorate member you have to pick one to side with even if you aren't identical to either politically. | |
| May 7, 2015 at 16:16 | comment | added | user4012 | @DA. - I wouldn't be surprised if libertarians also vote for R overwhelmingly, with some exceptions. | |
| May 7, 2015 at 6:21 | comment | added | user1530 | The question was in the context of Libertarians in the US overwhelmingly (if not completely) running as Republicans...however, that wasn't necessarily clear. Perhaps that would be a better separate question (why, in the US, do Libertarian candidates always run as Republicans?) | |
| May 7, 2015 at 5:15 | history | answered | Chloe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |