[Lnc-business] updated file with Libertarian success overmajor parties

[Scott L.]

I wonder if anyone else sees the connection between the pitiful numbers in
the "Success vs. Major Parties" spreadsheet that the Executive Director just
sent out, and the pitiful numbers in the latest membership update.

 

I feel quite certain that the former is the reason for the latter.  There
are only so many "true believers" out there.  The other people will come
along for the ride, but only if we appear to be successful.  Having
temporary ballot status in 30 states doesn't mean anything to the average
libertarian.  Having State Legislators in 10 or 20 states would give those
libertarians at least some hope that the Libertarian Party is finally
starting to be a Real Political Party T.

 

It is the responsibility of this Board to do whatever we need to do to make
sure the Party achieve the Purposes Statement in the Bylaws.

 

I know some of you disagree with this idea, but it is not too late in this
LNC term to have a professionally facilitated retreat during which we come
up with a way of reversing the death spiral that the Libertarian Party seems
to be on the brink of.


   Scott Lieberman

 

 

 

 

 


"It's rare for a Libertarian candidate to win an election by beating a
Democrat or Republican in a straight forward partisan election. 

We know of 11 Libertarian winners that have met the criteria in 43 years. 6
of the 11 were in Indiana. The 2 newest were in Louisiana. If you know of
others that have met the criteria in the attached spreadsheet, please send
them to me along with your source of the election results.



Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc." 

 

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