Vote shaming on the right? You love to see it.

  • hogposting [he/him,comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'm not so sure. In 2016 -- an election in which Libertarians didn't get anywhere near the vote share Ross Perot did in either of his campaigns -- Libertarian voters accounted for 3.28% of the popular vote. Libertarians in 2020 got 1.2%.

    Arguably they didn't peel off any appreciable amount of voters in 2016, and they performed significantly worse this time around.

    • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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      edit-2
      4 years ago

      Trump vote count rose in every state, often by double digits. In McGraths Kentucky race, Dems strank their vote by 1k while the GOP grew it by 200k, a 20% increase. In Pennsylvania, Trump gained 300k new voters, a 10% surge. In California, another 300k, an 8% increase.

      Republicans profited significantly from Trump on the ballot over the last 4 years. Trump added 8M voters to his 2016 run. 12% overall. It just was not enough to beat Democrats this time around.

      Libertarians sagged by comparison. Anyone thinking Libertarians cost Trump the election deserve to get dunked on.