Posted on 07/09/2008 3:14:11 PM PDT by K-oneTexas
Libertarians Favor Obama and Other Looks at Election 2008
Libertarian voters make up 4% of the nation’s likely voters and they favor Barack Obama over John McCain by a 53% to 38% margin. Three percent (3%) would vote for some other candidate and 5% are not sure. These results, from an analysis of 15,000 Likely Voter interviews conducted by Rasmussen Reports, challenges the conventional wisdom which assumes that strong support for a Libertarian candidate would hurt John McCain.
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Have Libertarians lost their freakin’ minds???
Why would some Libertarians favor a Marxist?
So now Libertarians favor higher taxes on the rich, income redistribution, socialized health care, gun control, etc.?
Yes.
Let’s see... a libertarin wants SMALLER govenment...LOWER taxes...LESS controls.....and they favor Obama....gee why doesn’t seem to make sense?
Apparently, if this poll is correct.
Sounds like they were interviewing marxitarians.
That Libertarians would favor a socialist demonstrates an astonishing and unfortunate lack of political consistency. It not does not speak well of Libertarians.
Many who claim to be libertarian do not even know what libertarianism is or what it stands for. They know they are pro-choice and in favor of legalizing many drugs and that’s all they need to know.
I’m surprised by this. I would think more libertarians would be voting 3rd party. Baldwin and Barr are far closer to libertarian ideals than either of the 2 major candidates.
Actually, Libertarians don’t take a position on abortion. They are typically evenly split on that issue.
Therein lies the rub.
Well, I would guess some Libertarians “main” issue could be drug legalization or anti war/ anti foreign involvment...which could lead them to Obama.
Or smaller government, lower taxes which would lead you to, at the very least, vote against Obama.
Wait, did I say the do? I’m against abortion, but I think it should be a state issue. It’s not a federal issue UNLESS life is defined at conception, then the government would be protecting legal life (and real life in my opinion).
The first “the” should be they.
THIS LIBERTARIAN FREEPER IS NOT SUPPORTING OBAMA!!
I am sure that many of my libertarian friends won’t either as it get closer to November. I think they are just frustrated with Bush but even more so with the Republican Party
A lot of libertarians wouldn't define themselves as "socially liberal."
They just don't want government to get involved in anything.
The fact that Rasmussen Reports apparently misuses the word "fiscal" isn't an encouraging sign.
But there is at least one "Libertarian for Obama".
He says he's "a North Virginia attorney who used to live in the same Washington, D.C. apartment building as Barack Obama and his wife and had the good fortune to share an elevator ride once with him."
He says he’s “a North Virginia attorney who used to live in the same Washington, D.C. apartment building as Barack Obama and his wife and had the good fortune to share an elevator ride once with him.”
-—Well, isn’t that just special!!
I agree. I was very disillusioned by Bush and the Republican Party of the last decade or so. I would consider myself a libertarian conservative. However, like you said, I will NEVER support Obama, or any candidate who pushes big government.
Sorry, my response was meant for comment #10, but I hit your comment #11 by mistake.
Why would some conservatives favor a RINO like McCain?
No problem. I figured it was a mistake. But this gives me another excuse to post:
DOWN WITH OBAMA!!!!
I lean pretty hard libertarian and I wouldn’t piss on hussein obama’s leg if it was on fire, much less even considering the thought of maybe pondering voting for him for dog catcher or president.
Libertarians with brains will back McCain.
Are these the same people who like to come to FR claiming that the Republican Party is not 'conservative' enough?
In any case, I'm not surprised at this figure. As I've seen on FR, some of them do want Obama to win, not because they agree with his positions on issues, but for different reasons: (1) to teach the Republican Party a lesson for ignoring them in favor of the 'religious wing', and (2) to let the country led by Obama, Reid, and Pelosi (plus some new 1-2 Justices) for 4-8 yrs so that by 2012 or 2016 the country will be tired of liberalism and give way to a 'conservative' leader emerges.
I thought the last election was to teach the Rhinocrats a lesson?? Now we have to give them all the Branches to teach em??
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
Bottom line... Libertarians favor ending the war in Iraq and will back the candidate who appears to want to get the job done.
“”Why would some Libertarians favor a Marxist?””
Exactly the first thought that popped into my head. Also, why would they favor a racist, incompetent, inexperienced buffoon for any job? This is definitely a reason to avoid libertarians like the plaque.
McCain is the best option with an ACU lifetime rating of 81%. Compare that to Mugabe Obama with a 4% ACU rating for the author of Audacity and a Dope.
Why would some conservatives favor a RINO like McCain?
Liberatarian has become a label that is being used by young people who are interested in legal dope and sex with whomever or whatever but who think like, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi are like, so uncool. It sounds hip and justifies getting loaded.
Similarly, folks like Bill Maher use the label to avoid the obvious—they are hard-core, statist, liberals. They have about as much in common with traditional, small-government libertarians as does the planet Uranus. Again, it sounds hip and cool.
The term has lost it’s meaning through overuse by people who have no idea what it means. So it’s really not surprising that BO grabs most of their support.
Misspelling corrected.
In order to lose one’s mind you would have to have one in the first place. Most Libertarians don’t.
These were not self identified libertarian voters, they were Rassmussen declared libertarian voters.
Yes.
But not this one. I'm getting this >||< close to changing my screen name. The Libertarians lost me when they nominated Barr. And I would never vote for OsamaObama.
Hard drugs, given enough time, will do that...
btt
Third Party candidates are anti war same as Obama also:
Bobb Barr while at USC in 1967 joined the Young Democrats of America, and rallied against the Vietnam War.
His parents disapproved, and threatened to cut off financial support if he continued his “flaming liberal” activities
On the Colbert Report on June 4, 2008, Barr confirmed that he now supports ending marijuana prohibition, as well as the War on Drugs
At the 2008 Libertarian National Convention, he apologized for the part of the Defense of Marriage Act which prevents the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages ( Barr supports same sex marriage)
Barr has called for withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, leaving no permanent military bases.
A press release from Barr’s presidential campaign stated: “The next president should commit to a speedy and complete withdrawal from Iraq, and tell the Iraqi people that the U.S. troops will be going home
Barr Does Not support the Patriot Act which has kept us from further attacks since 9/11
Barr has been a vocal opponent of President George W. Bush’s claim of authorization to wiretap transnational phone calls without individual judicial license. (Another favorite of the left.)
More recently, Barr has become a prominent member of the American Civil Liberties Union, sometimes doing paid consulting on privacy issues.
Barr had acquiesced to his then-wife having an abortion in 1983.
He had also invoked a legal privilege during his 1985 divorce proceeding so he could refuse to answer questions on whether he’d cheated on his second wife with the woman who is now his third.”
No one can call themselves a libertarian if they are voting for Obama, the Messiah of Big Government.
they aren’t libertarians. They are liberaltarians. “Dude we want some legal pot man so we can get high with 5 hookers. Man, we should be out of Iraq, you know. Freedom for Iraqis costs too much money. We need to spend the money on abortions once those hookers get pregnant.”
I think this is similar to all of the manufactured "news" stories that talk about the many "conservatives" or at least Republicans who will vote for Obama. Such false news stories are just propaganda for Obama, and I suspect that this poll is just manufactured to help Obama and demoralize the right.
barr didn’t sound like this at all when he was in congress. He was the tough guy who worked on the Clinton impeachment and was one of the strongest defenders of the War on Drugs. he voted for the Defense of Marriage Act. He voted for the Iraq war resolution and the patriot act.
So he is playing a little game here.
As I said before that leave two possibilities: 1) a large well respecter pollster ignored the real facts and made the conclusion they wanted or 2) the individuals polled, lied and that means a lot of people lied.
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