3rd Party State

[WMS]

Regarding the initial question, perhaps Libertarian in New Mexico?  I know they currently have 5% of the vote there, which actually is quite a lot.

And this is before the advertising campaign. I'm wondering what it will be afterwards.

40%

You know, I hope the Libertarians do well here. If they won the state, I would laugh my a$$ off for months. They SO could have taken the State Auditor office in 2002 if they'd bothered to run a freakin' candidate! There was an unopposed Dem with a LOT of ethics issues. I even suggested this to a Libertarian voter registration guy, but nothing happened. At least, y'all could've gotten a good percentage...

[WMS]

Regarding the initial question, perhaps Libertarian in New Mexico?  I know they currently have 5% of the vote there, which actually is quite a lot.

And this is before the advertising campaign. I'm wondering what it will be afterwards.

40%

You know, I hope the Libertarians do well here. If they won the state, I would laugh my a$$ off for months. They SO could have taken the State Auditor office in 2002 if they'd bothered to run a freakin' candidate! There was an unopposed Dem with a LOT of ethics issues. I even suggested this to a Libertarian voter registration guy, but nothing happened. At least, y'all could've gotten a good percentage...

You can make it happen in NM WMS; All you have to do is vote Badnarik, and tell your friends.  Trust me, it doesn't hurt much the first time.  

PS where are these econ / social numbers everyone keeps posting.  what is the link?

PPS to John - OOPS! you are right.  My bad.  Still, if that many people are considering voting Lib for Gov. Gividen might have some coattails.

Check the sig...I already AM going to vote for Badnarik. Yes, even if I am more of a mild Christian Democrat (but a federalist one!), Badnarik is the best of the options out there for me. I took some flack from my ABB parents over it though. And most people I know are parochials who vote how the party bosses tell them to. But the 5% I saw was quite encouraging - I think you have room for growth here because of the problems both Dems and Reps have in running on their records (you can't run on a void)

Numbers from the Political Compass, http://www.politicalcompass.org/

And I scored 50% on both axes on the Libertarian Self-Test you all run...can't get any more Centrist than that.

[WMS]

Check the sig...I already AM going to vote for Badnarik. Yes, even if I am more of a mild Christian Democrat (but a federalist one!), Badnarik is the best of the options out there for me. I took some flack from my ABB parents over it though. And most people I know are parochials who vote how the party bosses tell them to. But the 5% I saw was quite encouraging - I think you have room for growth here because of the problems both Dems and Reps have in running on their records (you can't run on a void)

Numbers from the Political Compass, http://www.politicalcompass.org/

And I scored 50% on both axes on the Libertarian Self-Test you all run...can't get any more Centrist than that.

You are voting Badnarik - oh good.  I must be getting tired, perhaps I should hang it up for the night (morning actually)

thanks for the link, here's my numbers.

Economic Left/Right: 8.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18

I'm on the right side of the econ , but how come I'm not a stronger social libertarian???  Oh well.

My mother and father are divorced.  I almost have my father convinced to vote Libt this time, but my mother is one of those who would vote for Bush no matter what.  go figure.

S'ok - it's late here too. Now post your numbers with pride in your signature! And my mom, stepdad, dad, and stepmom are all ABB and voting Kerry. My brother is leaning Libertarian but voting Kerry. But Badnarik will get one vote, anyway.

[WMS]

Someone mentioned NM & the Libertarians, and how they got almost 5%, and how special that is.

In 2002, the Indepdence Party (of MN) got ~15%, IIRC.

In what election? Greens have gotten up to 17% in some races here, and Libertarians close to that in other ones. And that's Independence.