-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 15 Nov 1996 hallam@vesuvius.ai.mit.edu wrote:
Since Browne couldn't even manage fourth place, despite the attentions of the net it doesn't look as if the US people are particularly inclined to the libertarian view. Nader managed a vote about 20% higher despite only running in a handful of states while Browne was on the ballot in every state. Contrary to Bellsclaim that the state is being challenged by libertarian and millitia ideas it looks to me that the tide is flowing in the opposite direction if its flowing at all.
Your logic is flawed. Most registered voters have never even heard of Browne. Those who have are probably not familiar with his views. There are definitely more people who have heard of Nader than Browne. It's easy to understand why this logic is incorrect: If Bob ran for president and the only people who voted for him were three of his friends, this does not necessarily imply that there are only three people in the entire country who have never heard of him. It does imply that Bob needs a lot more exposure. If Browne's views were not popular, then he would have not been able to get on the ballot in all 50 states. Note that the libertarian party is the only non-mainstream party in history to get a candidate registered in all 50 states twice in a row. It's also the third largest political party in the country. The election turnouts for libertarian candidates for for senate and representatives were published in many newspapers along with the democratic and republican turnouts. It was the only non-demopublican party listed. Mark - -- finger -l for PGP key PGP encrypted mail prefered. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBMoyiDCzIPc7jvyFpAQHe5wf+JqDGzgzAcdBmYoBf5/zOOk6OcyegPRE9 xodMzK58luKVSsq6aJIq11Q3XNeiKBdN9gkxHyEn3h8Xphappko+tZEqQp4SHcb3 HRNA872YFNU58ZWjTKOCRWteWEw3OCoEPq9GIQDf6exOwlVwJZ2qti+uG4ZyQoz1 pnO4nl2SW1zq/5T3Tq49O60slqxE3yFbcEQq75ZRKIISxDyCFLw6uL0hsg5lHYTi m8V2BQX/STGC981IvxDtoNYsBMVj2EyZChVS0wqHmfn5b/KexisaeB1OO8Nq/DJ/ m5X1s3mk5gfVwwwHLIX84VsxQr/TrGTiV+GICOfc/miCUylGG/ZAFw== =gisl -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----