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Gary Johnson is running for president seeking the nomination
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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;">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>
</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;">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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<p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
!important; font-size: 22px !important;">In an email to the<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><em>Washington
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>
</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;">"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>
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</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>
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<p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
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!important; font-size: 22px !important;">In 2012, Johnson
won 1.2 million votes against Republican nominee Mitt Romney
and incumbent President Obama. In<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a target="_blank"
href="https://garyjohnson2016.com/gov-gary-johnson-responds-to-the-indiana-primary-and-the-withdrawal-of-sen-cruz/"
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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<p style="margin: 0px 10px 30px; padding: 0px; line-height:
30px; word-spacing: 2px; font-family: Georgia, serif
!important; font-size: 22px !important;">"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.</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 made
the case for former Cruz supporters and those who refuse to
support Trump (the "#NeverTrump" movement) to join the
Libertarian ticket.</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;">"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>
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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;">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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