Libertarian Party Selects Gary Johnson As Presidential Nominee

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Libertarian Party Selects Gary Johnson As Presidential Nominee
The party’s goal will now be to scale up fast enough to make a difference in the November election.

Eliot Nelson
05/29/2016 01:11 pm ET

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson secured the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president Sunday, capping off the party’s weekend-long biennial convention.

The nomination came after an often raucous nominating convention, in which Johnson was unable to obtain the necessary 50-plus percent of convention delegates on the first round of balloting. After the first round, officials from the five major Libertarian campaigns jockeyed for delegates, though Johnson’s nomination was never really in doubt, having fallen only six delegates short in the first round, out of a total of 925 votes cast. He ultimately with just under 59 percent of delegates’ support.

There was still the outstanding question of his running mate, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld; the Libertarian Party selects its president and vice president separately.

Johnson will now serve as the standard-bearer for the economically conservative, socially liberal party. Interest in alternative presidential candidacies has spiked recently, due in part to the historically low approval ratings of Republican presumptive nominee businessman Donald Trump and likely Democratic nominee former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Several recent polls have found Johnson, who served as New Mexico’s Republican governor from 1995 to 2003 and was the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee in 2012, earning the support of around 10 percent of likely voters.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/libertarian-party-presidential-gary_us_574aff19e4b03ede44151293

 

[randomname]

I guess Trump will appreciate him taking votes from Hillary and ex Bernie people

 

[afwjam]

He does nothing for me and Weld is a scary CFR member and gun grabber.

 

[LibertyEagle]

He does nothing for me and Weld is a scary CFR member and gun grabber.

He's CFR? Oh sheesh. That ain't good.

 

[afwjam]

He's CFR? Oh sheesh. That ain't good.

Thought you might not like that.
http://www.cfr.org/canada/building-north-american-community/p8102

 

[LibertyEagle]

Well, looky here. He also participated in the CFR's Building a North American Community task force, along with Heidi Cruz. How quaint.
http://www.cfr.org/canada/building-north-american-community/p8102

EDIT: Hell, he even CHAIRED it. "Chairs: John P. Manley, Pedro Aspe, and William F. Weld". Ugh. Not good; not good at all.

 

[LibertyEagle]

Thought you might not like that.
http://www.cfr.org/canada/building-north-american-community/p8102

Yeah, kind of gives credence to what I thought the other day after listening to what sounded to me like Johnson's globalist positions.

 

[Working Poor]

Oh well I guess I will vote for him even though I prefer McAfee

 

[LibertyEagle]

Oh well I guess I will vote for him even though I prefer McAfee

Johnson's VP is a high-ranking CFR member!!!

 

[phill4paul]

I honestly can't think of a worse ticket. I had hoped beyond hope that Peterson and McAfee might have come together on round two.

 

[CaseyJones]

ah well, not voting then

 

[younglibertarian]

A Pyrrhic victory, indeed.

 

[younglibertarian]

Let's just hope the delegates have the sense to block Weld.....

 

[Brian4Liberty]

I haven't been this excited about a Libertarian nominee since Bob Barr...

/s

Doesn't matter though. It's a protest vote, and a vote to keep a third party alive. Johnson qualifies to fill that role.

 

[69360]

Good now they just need Weld and they have a serious formidable ticket.

For every person on a forum who says they won't vote LP because of Johnson or Weld, there are probably 20 never Trump or never Clintons who will.

 

[phill4paul]

I haven't been this excited about a Libertarian nominee since Bob Barr...

Oh, shit, that me gave a belly laugh.

 

[timosman]

Well, looky here. He also participated in the CFR's Building a North American Community task force, along with Heidi Cruz. How quaint

Very quaint indeed.

 

[RJ Liberty]

Good now they just need Weld and they have a serious formidable ticket.

For every person on a forum who says they won't vote LP because of Johnson or Weld, there are probably 20 never Trump or never Clintons who will.

Exactly. This is a serious ticket.

 

[phill4paul]

Good now they just need Weld and they have a serious formidable ticket.

For every person on a forum who says they won't vote LP because of Johnson or Weld, there are probably 20 never Trump or never Clintons who will.

If you say so, it must be so. My bet would be that those 20 never Trump/never Clintons will spend their time doing something entirely different from voting on election day.

 

[jkob]

The Libertarians aren't going to win, is Gary Johnson worse than Bob Barr? I don't think so, I voted for Gary in 2012 and I don't feel guilty for it. It's more that his pick for VP is Bill Weld is so awful that is most bothersome. Whatever, it's about maximizing votes and this is the ticket that will do it for the LP. These guys won't be the LP nominees 4 years from now and now that candidate might have a chance at matching funds.