Reps and Dems: Which Third Party...

[12th Doctor]

I would say the Greens simply because the Libertarians (by their nature) are not nearly as organized as the Greens and they really don't have a solid vote base.  No CD that I know of could acctually be won by a Libertarian.  I think the Greens could win several districts on the West Coast if they got their act together and feilded some decent candidates.

[12th Doctor]

Constitution Party. When the Republican party dies they'll be ready to take over. After all their platforms are almost identical.

Not nearly.  They are pratically religious facists.  They are also into all the conspirecy theory sh**t.

[12th Doctor]

I would say the Greens simply because the Libertarians (by their nature) are not nearly as organized as the Greens and they really don't have a solid vote base.

1. We are very organized, especially this year. We managed ballot access in more states than all the other third parties, and that takes organization.

2. There is a consistent base of support. All our candidates, except for president, seem to get at least 2% of the vote. It is that level or higher when we field a good candidate. We could likely get voted in in many Congressional districts if we had the funds to run viable campaigns. (unfortunately most of our voters don't give money)

One thing that I know for certain, not many campuses that I have ever heard of have a "Campus Libertarians".  Young recruitment is key to having a solid party aparatus.  The Libertarians don't have that.

[12th Doctor]

I would say the Greens simply because the Libertarians (by their nature) are not nearly as organized as the Greens and they really don't have a solid vote base.

1. We are very organized, especially this year. We managed ballot access in more states than all the other third parties, and that takes organization.

2. There is a consistent base of support. All our candidates, except for president, seem to get at least 2% of the vote. It is that level or higher when we field a good candidate. We could likely get voted in in many Congressional districts if we had the funds to run viable campaigns. (unfortunately most of our voters don't give money)

One thing that I know for certain, not many campuses that I have ever heard of have a "Campus Libertarians".  Young recruitment is key to having a solid party aparatus.  The Libertarians don't have that.

http://www.lp.org/organization/campus.php

306 total campus organizations. We are usually in the more major colleges. I would agree though that we should step up college recruitment, which would especially be effective at technical schools(lots of techies and engineers have libertarian attitutes).

I didn't say that there weren't any, but every campus I have been on has a "Campus Greens", and I know of 5 here in western PA that have "Campus Constitutionalist".  No campus (that I have freinds on at least) has a "Campus Libertarians" except Penn State Main.  There isn't even one a Pitt and that is a fair sized university.

[12th Doctor]

One thing that I know for certain, not many campuses that I have ever heard of have a "Campus Libertarians".  Young recruitment is key to having a solid party aparatus.  The Libertarians don't have that.

I know of 5 here in western PA that have "Campus Constitutionalists". No campus (that I have freinds on at least) has a "Campus Libertarians" except Penn State Main.  There isn't even one a Pitt and that is a fair sized university.

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Chris- Please don't tell that to my daughter (she is a freshman at Pitt main campus) and a member of the Pitt Libertarians who just hosted a Badnarik visit.

Sorry, I lost sight of this tread.  Hmmmm.  I'll be damned, this must be a fairly new addition.  I was wroong, my mistake.  My general point is still true though.