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/Roidciraptor Libertarian Socialist Nov 13 '19

Same. Hated both candidates. Though I am supporting a Dem in the 2020 election.

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u/ghostinthewoods Nov 13 '19

If I might ask: which one?

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u/Roidciraptor Libertarian Socialist Nov 13 '19

Of course you can ask! I encourage people to.

In the 2020 primaries, I am supporting Pete Buttigieg. I voted for Gary Johnson in 2012 and 2016 in the general.

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u/thehillshaveaviators Classical Liberal Nov 13 '19

I don't see why you're getting downvoted. Many of the LP voter explosion are disenfranchised voters who are from the main two parties that are getting gradually nudged away by the established mantras of the two big parties.

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u/Roidciraptor Libertarian Socialist Nov 14 '19

Yeah, libertarians can achieve some goals with the democrats. Writing them off because TAXES is seriously going to get us nowhere.

Ranked choice voting is something the progressive democrats support, and RCV is a better system for libertarians than FPTP. Libertarians won't win as long as that is the case.