Why I fled libertarianism — and became a liberal

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13. Libertarians had a lot more votes then Republicans want to admit.

So what's going on here? I wouldn't want to speculate too much based on this limited data set. But I could easily believe that a growing proportion of conservative-leaning voters are too disgusted with the GOP to pull the Republican lever, but who won't vote for Democrats either, are choosing a third option and going Libertarian instead. This thesis dovetails with something else we saw this year: independents generally leaning more rightward simply because at least some former Republicans are now refusing to identify with their old party. It's not much of a stretch to imagine that some folks like that don't want to vote for their old party either.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/15/1162077/-Libertarians-provided-the-margin-for-Democrats-in-at-least-nine-elections#

Many young voters are influenced by Libertarians, also many Republicans are playing as Independents to skew the polls and to diversify the talking points. Think Tanks have thought of every variable. Conclusion, “Voter Suppression, Period”. Is the winning fix and that’s not necessarily 100% guaranteed but will cut into close elections, enough to take back power?