Why do libertarians wind up voting republican?
Some libertarians do vote for the libertarian candidate, many however, vote republican because the libertarian candidate can not win.
If I understand the libertarian position it is socially liberal and economically conservative. Libertarians and democrats line-up nicely on abortion, gay rights, freedom of speech, the patriot act, and criminal procedure. And also the Iraq war.
But that is only half, Libertarians are also for smaller government and balanced budgets. And although the republicans give a lot of lip service to this, Bill Clinton balanced the budget and shrank the government. Clinton also greatly reduced welfare. Reagan and W have had record deficits. W has created the largest government agencies in decades (HLS, TSA etc).
2007-07-21
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