[Lnc-business] Opposition News Reports: Third Parties Doing it Wrong

[Scott L.]

"From: Lnc-business [mailto:lnc-business-bounces at hq.lp.org] On Behalf Of
Joshua Katz
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 12:01 PM



Subject: [Lnc-business] Opposition News Reports: Third Parties Doing it
Wrong

 

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2014/10/opposition-news-stats-reve
al-major-flaw-in-3rd-party-election-strategies/

 

This mirrors some of what we've been trying to do in CT, but we need to do
more of it and do a better job at it, for sure.


Joshua A. Katz        Region 8 (Region of Badassdom) Alternate
Libertarian National Committee"

 

 

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I thank Mr. Katz for calling our attention to that article.


The last section of the full article is 100% applicable to the Libertarian
Party:

 

 

 

"http://oppositionnews.org/articles/2014/q4/stats-reveal-major-flaw-3rd-part
y-election-strategies/

 

Final thoughts

So, why do our candidates consistently try to run before they can walk, only
to fall flat on their faces? One reason is ego. Who wants to start at the
bottom when they can try and start at the top. Another is knowledge. We all
know more than enough about national issues. But few of us are as well
versed on local legislation and issues.

Yet another reason is comfort, experience and competition. Anyone can run an
impersonal national internet campaign from their home computer, knowing they
don't have the finances and resources to legitimately compete. In a local
race, candidates have to actually meet voters in person and it's far more
likely to get media attention and press coverage. That can be scary for a
first-time citizen-candidate. But that's what local races are for.

Local races give our candidates the experience, credibility, precinct
workers and name recognition that are required to compete competitively for
higher offices. As long as America's opposition parties skip the requisite
lower offices, we'll never have any success and never be taken seriously by
the voters. Start local, build your precinct organizations and get to know
the voters. People won't vote for our candidates if they think they're the
only ones doing it. Let them know they're not alone, not even in their own
little neighborhoods."

 

 

One way or another, I will take ownership of, and run, a project designed to
elect at least one Libertarian to public office in my county by December
2016.  If that result is not achievable, I hope that I can at least get two
Libertarians appointed to public office by that same date.

I challenge other Libertarian officials to make this happen in at least one
county in their state.  It is not intellectually difficult, but I admit it
will take a lot of us out of our comfort zones.  That is a good thing.

   Scott Lieberman

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