<div dir="ltr"><div>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.<br><br></div>Dan Wiener<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Wes Benedict <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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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.<br>
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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. <br>
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I already wasted too much of yours and my time on this. Sorry for
the clutter. Looking forward to our new website.<br>
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2/2/2016 7<br>
2/3/2016 21<br>
2/4/2016 16<br>
2/5/2016 10<br>
2/6/2016 10<br>
2/7/2016 5<br>
2/8/2016 10<br>
2/9/2016 5<br>
2/10/2016 8<br>
2/11/2016 10<br>
2/12/2016 5<br>
2/13/2016 8<br>
2/14/2016 3<br>
2/15/2016 5<br>
2/16/2016 5<br>
2/17/2016 5<br>
2/18/2016 12<br>
2/19/2016 8<br>
2/20/2016 10<br>
2/21/2016 16<br>
2/22/2016 14<br>
2/23/2016 5<br>
2/24/2016 19<br>
2/25/2016 12<br>
2/26/2016 14<br>
2/27/2016 14<br>
2/28/2016 6<br>
2/29/2016 15<br>
3/2/2016 34<br>
3/3/2016 14
<span class=""><pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
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</span><div><div class="h5"><div>On 3/3/2016 5:22 PM, Wes Benedict
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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.<br>
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<a href="https://www.lp.org/with-libertarian-sarvis-mission-accomplished" target="_blank">https://www.lp.org/with-libertarian-sarvis-mission-accomplished</a><br>
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I get no respect.<br>
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(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.)<br>
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<pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
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Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
<div>On 3/3/2016 5:09 PM, Wes Benedict
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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?<br>
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Figures.<br>
<pre cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
<a href="tel:%28202%29%20333-0008%20ext.%20232" value="+12023330008" target="_blank">(202) 333-0008 ext. 232</a>, <a href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org" target="_blank">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/libertarians" target="_blank">facebook.com/libertarians</a> @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a href="http://lp.org/membership" target="_blank">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
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<div>Is any of this true or do I need to update my tinfoil
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