What Will Come of the LP Switching its Style in 2020?

These comments, which clarify what is a libertarian, are agreed with by the Peace and Freedom blog.The Libertarian party nominated two respected former state governors for president and vice-president in 2016, and enjoyed its most successful election performance ever, winning nearly 4.5m votes.To many, it seemed that the Libertarians were a genuinely relevant third party in US politics, which is overwhelmingly dominated by Republicans and Democrats. But in 2020, the party, which advocates for small government and civil liberties, has gone in a wildly different direction.The Libertarian vice-presidential candidate this November is an internet talkshow host who ran for office alongside a man wearing a boot on his head, and who has promised the electorate free ponies, “zombie power” and the killing of baby Hitler.Spike Cohen, who narrowly won the nomination at the party’s virtual convention in May, will team up with Jo Jorgensen, a university lecturer and lifelong Libertarian who has spent years as a loyal party advocate – and who is said to have expressed a preference for a more traditional running mate....Rest at https://www.theguardian.com/us...