[Lnc-business] Washington Examiner - Membership applications double after Trump

Wed May 4 14:53:28 EDT 2016

Robert's chart made the Washington Examiner:

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/libertarian-party-membership-applications-double-after-trump-becomes-gop-nominee/article/2590367?custom_click=rss

  Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson is running for president seeking
  the nomination of the Libertarian Party. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

  Libertarian Party membership applications double after Trump becomes
  GOP nominee

ByASHE SCHOW 
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/ashe-schow>(@ASHESCHOW 
<http://twitter.com/AsheSchow>)•5/4/16 2:29 PM

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In the hours after the polls closed in Indiana and it was announced that 
businessman Donald Trump had won the Republican presidential primary — 
thereby ending Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign — the Libertarian Party 
saw a doubling of its new membership applications.

Between 7 p.m. Tuesday evening and noon on Wednesday, the Libertarian 
Party received 99 new memberships. For the same time period a day 
earlier, the LP received only 46 new memberships.

In an email to the/Washington Examiner/, LP Executive Director Wes 
Benedict said he was unaware of any social media efforts by the party to 
recruit new members, and believed the increase was in response to Trump 
becoming the clear Republican nominee.

"Of course they are scared of Trump. Trump sounds like an 
authoritarian," Benedict wrote. "We don't need a secret deal-maker. We 
need more transparency, and a smaller, less intrusive government that 
provides a level playing field for all and has fewer deals for special 
interests."

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ByEddie Scarry <http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/eddie-scarry>
•
05/04/16 2:35 PM

Benedict also provided the/Examiner/with the LP's official membership 
report through the month of April, showing a drastic increase in new 
donors as the primaries started and it became increasingly clear that 
Trump would be the nominee. In April 2015 (an off year), the LP signed 
up only 106 new donors. From April 2015 through January 2016, the LP 
averaged 114 new donors per month.

But in February 2016, after Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South 
Carolina held their caucuses and primaries, the LP saw 323 new donors. 
In March they had 546 new donors, and in April, after everyone but 
Trump, Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich had dropped out, the LP signed up 
706 new donors.

(Courtesy the Libertarian Party)

The LP has also seen a 4.32 percent increase in active donors since 
April of last year, from 12,488 to 13,028.

The increase in new donors and members occurred along witha rise in 
Google searches 
<https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Gary%20Johnson%2C%20Libertarian%20Party&date=now%201-d&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B5>for 
"Libertarian Party" and "Gary Johnson" following Trump's win in Indiana. 
The former New Mexico governor is running to be the Libertarian Party 
candidate for president.

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ByGabby Morrongiello 
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/author/gabby-morrongiello>
•
05/04/16 2:34 PM

In 2012, Johnson won 1.2 million votes against Republican nominee Mitt 
Romney and incumbent President Obama. Ina statement 
<https://garyjohnson2016.com/gov-gary-johnson-responds-to-the-indiana-primary-and-the-withdrawal-of-sen-cruz/>following 
the primary Tuesday night, Johnson made the case for support to former 
Cruz supporters.

"With millions of Americans now feeling politically 'homeless', a 
two-term governor who balanced budgets, cut taxes, cut regulations and 
truly reduced the size of government may offer the home they are 
seeking," Johnson said.

Benedict also made the case for former Cruz supporters and those who 
refuse to support Trump (the "#NeverTrump" movement) to join the 
Libertarian ticket.

"Republicans who liked Cruz's fight against Obamacare, opposition to 
ethanol subsidies, and opposition to spying on Americans, will find a 
home in the Libertarian Party," he told the/Examiner/. "Some Cruz 
supporters will have to learn that legalizing marijuana also reduces the 
size of government, but we'll teach them."

Johnson is competing for the nomination against Austin Peterson (who 
releaseda Facebook video 
<https://www.facebook.com/ProducerPetersen/videos>with his own plea to 
former Cruz supporters) and anti-virus software developer John McAfee. 
The Libertarian Party will announce its presidential nominee at its 
national convention in Orlando, Fla., at the end of the month.

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