Public Policy Polling's latest data on the North Carolina races indicates what I have long been contending: true Libertarian candidates will take votes from both Democrats and Republicans who value freedom-related issues:
This goes back to the post down below where I piggybacked from Tom Knapp, and it is an example of what Libertarians need to do if they are going to be a factor in American politics.
[Thanks to Chris Cole for pointing me to this]
-60% of voters who support Michael Munger for Governor support Barack Obama for President with 19% going for Bob Barr and just 14% for John McCain. A plurality also support Kay Hagan (40%), with 36% going to Christopher Cole and 19% to Elizabeth Dole. So in this case his supporters are pretty clearly taking support from Bev Perdue. This could be a product of liberals antagonized by Perdue's stands on offshore drilling and community college attendance for illegal immigrants going over to Munger until Perdue gives them a reason to vote for her.
-Among those supporting Christopher Cole for Senate it is basically a dead heat between John McCain and Barack Obama. 39% of them go for McCain, 34% of them go for Obama, and 19% support Bob Barr. For Governor 44% support Pat McCrory, 30% for Munger, and 23% for Perdue.
-Bob Barr's supporters are also going Libertarian for US Senate- 41% support Cole, 28% support Hagan, and 25% support Dole. For Governor it's almost a three way tie, with 36% going for McCrory, 33% for Munger, and 27% for Perdue.
The bottom line? It looks the Libertarians are taking roughly equal numbers of voters from Republicans and Democrats, and if there is any lean toward them taking from Republicans it's a small one.
This goes back to the post down below where I piggybacked from Tom Knapp, and it is an example of what Libertarians need to do if they are going to be a factor in American politics.
[Thanks to Chris Cole for pointing me to this]
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