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          Gary Johnson is running for president seeking the nomination
          of the Libertarian Party. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)</h1>
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          after Trump becomes GOP nominee</h1>
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            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">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.</p>
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            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">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.</p>
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            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">In an email to the<span
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              Examiner</em>, 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.</p>
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            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">"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."</p>
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          <p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
            30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">Benedict also
            provided the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Examiner</em><span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</p>
        </cnt><cnt>
          <p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
            30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">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.</p>
        </cnt><cnt>
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          </div>
        </cnt><cnt>
          <p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
            30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">The LP has also
            seen a 4.32 percent increase in active donors since April of
            last year, from 12,488 to 13,028.</p>
        </cnt><cnt>
          <p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
            30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">The increase in new
            donors and members occurred along with<span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank"
href="https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Gary%20Johnson%2C%20Libertarian%20Party&date=now%201-d&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B5"
              style="text-decoration: underline; color: inherit;">a rise
              in Google searches</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</p>
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              style="text-decoration: underline; color: inherit;">a
              statement</a>following the primary Tuesday night, Johnson
            made the case for support to former Cruz supporters.</p>
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            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.</p>
        </cnt><cnt>
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            30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">Benedict also made
            the case for former Cruz supporters and those who refuse to
            support Trump (the "#NeverTrump" movement) to join the
            Libertarian ticket.</p>
        </cnt><cnt>
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            30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">"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<span
              class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Examiner</em>.
            "Some Cruz supporters will have to learn that legalizing
            marijuana also reduces the size of government, but we'll
            teach them."</p>
        </cnt><cnt>
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            !important; font-size: 22px !important;">Johnson is
            competing for the nomination against Austin Peterson (who
            released<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
              target="_blank"
              href="https://www.facebook.com/ProducerPetersen/videos"
              style="text-decoration: underline; color: inherit;">a
              Facebook video</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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.</p>
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