Clerk Note: At least we know where Governor Johnson stands on the issues, and they seem like reasonable positions. Ought to attract the saner half of the dying Republican Party.
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Gary Johnson's Position on the Issues
http://www.ontheissues.org/Gary_Johnson.htm
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Clerk Note: More so than any other election cycle, a vote for a Democrat or a Republican is a wasted voted. Only votes for third parties will have any effect.
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Gary Johnson Has A Response for Those Who Say They’re Wasting Their Vote Switching to the Libertarian Party
http://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2016/07/29/gary-johnson-response-say-theyre-wasting-vote-switching-libertarian-party/
By: 2016-07-29
Date: Brandon Morse
If you've at any point said that you're voting outside the Republican or Democrat parties, then you've probably heard a very tired line.
"You're wasting your vote!" is something that I've received ad nauseum since I made up my mind to leave the Republican party, and vote for the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson. It's a phrase that many people believe they're logistically right for saying, since a vote that is not for their candidate is obviously a vote for the opposing candidate.
It's not a very well thought out accusation. By those rules, if I'm not voting for either candidate, then I guess I'm voting for both and it cancels each other out. Either way, that's not how it works in our Republic. My vote is who it's for, and no one else.
Clerk Note: Infinitely better than tRump if you are right leaning.
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Gary Johnson For Dummies
https://www.theodysseyonline.com/gary-johnson-for-dummies
Date: 2016-03-29
If the state of the presidential race brings tears to your eyes, people on the Internet give you high blood pressure and you’ve experienced the soul crushing realization that you don’t like any of the candidates, then this guide is for you. Today we’ll be discussing a third party candidate (what?!) and breaking down his stance on the issues in an article so cute and compressed that you can digest it on your lunch break. I’m no political expert, but I would like to put politics into terms that are a little less wordy, and catered to people like me.
With a short answer and long(er) answer, you can read into the issues as much or as little as you’d like—you could even save some for later. You may or may not agree with these stances, but at the end of the day you will have exercised your brain, learned something new, and maybe even realized you’ve found someone that you want as your president. Let’s press on.
Subject: Gary Johnson
Party: Libertarian (read: fiscally conservative, socially liberal)
Bio:
From 1995-2003 Gary Johnson was the Republican Governor of New Mexico, and often referred to as “the most fiscally conservative Governor” in the country. Before becoming governor in 1995, Johnson started a door-to-door handyman business to pay his way through college. After 20 years, this business had grown into one of the largest construction companies in New Mexico. Apart from being a successful businessman and politician, Johnson is quite the adventurer. He loves skiing and biking, and has scaled the highest peak on each of the seven continents—that includes Everest. In 2012 Johnson ran for president, and won more votes than any other Libertarian candidate in history.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/opinions/libertarians-opinion-zwolinski/index.html
By: Matt Zwolinski
Date: 2016-08-03
With national polling numbers hovering around 12%, the Libertarian ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld has the potential to be a real spoiler in the presidential election. But whose candidacy are they most likely to spoil?
Most people think of libertarianism as a kind of right-wing ideology, with its intellectual origins in the free-market economics of Milton Friedman and the unabashed egoism and anti-communism of Ayn Rand. And it's certainly true that for most of its existence, the Libertarian Party has drawn more heavily from the political right than from the political left.
But Gary Johnson is actually drawing just as much support from self-identified Democrats as he does from Republicans. And polls that include Johnson actually show a slight decrease in Clinton's lead over Trump.
Clerk Note: More so than any other election cycle, a vote for a Democrat or a Republican is a wasted voted. Only votes for third parties will have any effect.
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Gary Johnson Has A Response for Those Who Say They’re Wasting Their Vote Switching to the Libertarian Party
http://www.redstate.com/brandon_morse/2016/07/29/gary-johnson-response-say-theyre-wasting-vote-switching-libertarian-party/
By: 2016-07-29
Date: Brandon Morse
If you've at any point said that you're voting outside the Republican or Democrat parties, then you've probably heard a very tired line.
"You're wasting your vote!" is something that I've received ad nauseum since I made up my mind to leave the Republican party, and vote for the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson. It's a phrase that many people believe they're logistically right for saying, since a vote that is not for their candidate is obviously a vote for the opposing candidate.
It's not a very well thought out accusation. By those rules, if I'm not voting for either candidate, then I guess I'm voting for both and it cancels each other out. Either way, that's not how it works in our Republic. My vote is who it's for, and no one else.
