[Lnc-business] GOP Takeover

Thu Mar 3 20:44:56 EST 2016

Here's the graph of February membership growth using Wes' numbers.  The
trend line is positive, but we need to seize this opportunity!  Perhaps we
can plant some stories in Republican establishment web sites, urging them
to join the LP ASAP.  Suck them in, take their money, then leave them high
and dry.  They are in such a state of panic over The Donald that they just
might fall for it.

Dan Wiener

On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org> wrote:

> Here's the count of new members I see from LP.org over the past month from
> a quick analysis, unless I made mistakes which is entirely possible. Robert
> Kraus may double-check and get more accurate numbers, but I don't want to
> take the time right now. I removed data from 2/1 and 3/1 because it's
> slightly more complicated to include in my few minutes of analysis.
>
> It's not always easy to prove what causes membership changes. If anyone
> was offended that I claimed it was due to graphic changes at the top of
> LP.org or a new poll, and not a GOP conspiracy, I was partly being
> sarcastic, but not entirely. I suspect general interest in politics is
> largely driving a small increase in new memberships, although if Dan puts
> the data below in a control chart, he can probably prove there's not a
> statistically certain increase.
>
> I already wasted too much of yours and my time on this. Sorry for the
> clutter. Looking forward to our new website.
>
> 2/2/2016    7
> 2/3/2016    21
> 2/4/2016    16
> 2/5/2016    10
> 2/6/2016    10
> 2/7/2016    5
> 2/8/2016    10
> 2/9/2016    5
> 2/10/2016    8
> 2/11/2016    10
> 2/12/2016    5
> 2/13/2016    8
> 2/14/2016    3
> 2/15/2016    5
> 2/16/2016    5
> 2/17/2016    5
> 2/18/2016    12
> 2/19/2016    8
> 2/20/2016    10
> 2/21/2016    16
> 2/22/2016    14
> 2/23/2016    5
> 2/24/2016    19
> 2/25/2016    12
> 2/26/2016    14
> 2/27/2016    14
> 2/28/2016    6
> 2/29/2016    15
> 3/2/2016    34
> 3/3/2016    14
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>
> On 3/3/2016 5:22 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>
> Kind of like when I recruited someone to recruit a candidate to run for
> Governor of Virginia, and the world gave a "democratic bundler" and the
> "purple pac" credit.
>
> https://www.lp.org/with-libertarian-sarvis-mission-accomplished
>
> I get no respect.
>
> (Note to Karl Rove: if it is you, thanks for the new members--just don't
> send TOO many. My detractors have been criticizing me for my failure to
> grow membership, and to be honest, a lot of the blame for that is mine.)
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>
> On 3/3/2016 5:09 PM, Wes Benedict wrote:
>
> I removed some off-putting graphics from the top of LP.org that distracted
> people from joining, then posted a very popular poll asking people to
> select their preferred candidate for president, new memberships started
> increasing right away, and now people want to give GOP operatives credit
> for things that were the result of my website upgrades?
>
> Figures.
>
> Wes Benedict, Executive Director
> Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
> 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.orgfacebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
> Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership
>
> On 3/3/2016 4:58 PM, Sam Goldstein wrote:
>
> Dear Staff:
>
> Is any of this true or do I need to update my tinfoil hat:
>
>
> http://www.libertynewsnow.com/gop-elites-mounting-third-party-takeover-to-stop-trump/article3662
>
>
> Live Free,
>
> Sam Goldstein
> Libertarian National Committee
> Member at Large
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