Ed Clark received 900,000+ votes in the 1980 presidential election for just over 1% of the total. And this was a high water mark for the modern Libertarian Party for quite a number of years, at least in the United States.
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1980
And libertarian ideas do have some appeal. What if the Democratic Party consciously made an effort to incorporate some of these in a more left, liberal, even anti-corporate fashion?
* Clark's running mate in 1980 was David Koch. Yes, the well-known super-backer of conservative causes David Koch.
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1980
And libertarian ideas do have some appeal. What if the Democratic Party consciously made an effort to incorporate some of these in a more left, liberal, even anti-corporate fashion?
* Clark's running mate in 1980 was David Koch. Yes, the well-known super-backer of conservative causes David Koch.
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