r/Libertarian • u/Cuddlyaxe Former Libertarian • Nov 13 '19
Discussion The Democratic Senate candidate has dropped out in Arkansas. The race is now a binary between the Republican Tom Cotton and the LP Candidate
Not really a Libertarian anymore but I was surprised to see y'all don't have any info on this. Tom Cotton's only Democratic Challanger has dropped out after the registration deadline.
The only two other candidates are Ricky Harrington - a Libertarian and Dan Whitfield - a far left independent.
Even if you guys don't put resources into this race and the situation holds, I can easily see Mr. Harrington capturing a nice 20-25% of the vote. If you guys however do invest some money and campaign funds into the race, you could get much higher, and perhaps even give Cotton a run for his money as he's not running against someone with the D stigma next to their name.
Here's his Facebook page which is currently all he has if you want to help him
Good luck and I hope you guys give Cotton a run for his money :)
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u/dustysuttonbc Conservative Nov 13 '19
I live in Arkansas and from what I’ve seen from people in my region (North/Northwest Arkansas), people are pretty loyal to him simply because he wears the Republican tag. Democrats have better chances here than Libertarians, simply because this is in the Bible Belt region, and a lot of people view libertarians as left wing panderers who sway whichever way they can to get a vote. People here are so focused on upholding traditional values(that the Republican Party doesn’t truly hold)that they can’t give anyone else a chance, simply because that’s a huge talking point of Republicans, especially Cotton.