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I completely disagree. I know a great deal of democrats here in Colorado who would vote for Gary Johnson over Hillary. I've heard them say it. And I can bet you that if (big if) Sanders gets the nomination you'll have a good number of Dems either staying home or voting otherwise.
This is a very different election. The people who will actually vote are extremely difficult to predict right now. It's a time for new paradigms.
Finally, The GOP dos this to themselves by selecting a lunatic for a candidate. It is completely wrong-headed to blame those who vote their conscience for the disaster that is to come this election season.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mr Johnson has just stated that he agrees with Comrade Bernie about 73% of the time, and Socialism is just fine, as long as it is Voluntary??? Makes Trump sound like an absolute GENIUS!!!

The two-party system actually came about as a result of the Twelfth Amendment. Until it is repealed and the Vice President's office seats the second-highest vote-getter in the Presidential Election, third parties are going to continue to be second-class citizens at the polls.

What I would suggest is that after Donald Trump becomes the Presidential disaster I believe he will be, the Republican Party should disintegrate and a new Party take its place. From a naming perspective, however, I don't think "Libertarian" really captures people's imagination as well as "Constitution". I wouldn't use "Tea Party" because the Progressives have already railroaded that one with vile epithets and it wasn't what the movement was about in the first place.

This point cannot be underestimated. The degree to which established media discount and disfavor "a third party candidate" is shocking to me at times, but it should not dishearten anyone. It is not about "third party", fourth party, or fifth. It is not about how Johnson will swing the plurality of votes from Republican to Democrat or vice versa. Enough with the pragmatist statist nonsense! Enough with the false dramatic pretense! While both FoxNews and CNN grow rich on the clashes, backlashes, and lies, we still have no solution to the most significant issues the US faces. The answer to "is it time to vote for a third party candidate?" is OF COURSE!

Yes absolutely. I agree with the article. I would add that people have gotten used to gov't being very powerful and the president having more power within the gov't than intended. The gov't has its hands in a big chunk of the economy and people's private lives, and people perceive the gov't touches everything. In that environment, they're scared of anything that seems radical. That's why I believe Trump or Sanders could not win an election. Hillary could win because she seems like a master of this system, representing all groups in society.

Johnson has to sell the idea of reducing gov't influence and that this is not radical. Given the power of gov't, people are rightly afraid of anything radical.

Most people here don't like to hear this but if we had eight (8) years of a moderate libertarian and nominal (not per GDP, not inflation-adjusted) gov't outlays were the same after eight (8) years and we had a framework to keep it from growing, it would be a phenomenal achievement.

Two words...Supreme Court.

No, not for a long time. The American voters have been mentally conquered and only see two parties. That's why we'll end up with choosing between Trump and Hillary...

The chart shows just how completely brainwashed voters are, shows just how completely insane voters are, shows just how utterly suicidal voters are:
http://atlassociety.org/images/Gary_J...
Those who vote for either Trump or Hillary have no rational thought whatsoever.
Democracy has been proven a failure repeatedly. Voting should be restricted to those who can demonstrate the ability to think rationally, own property, and have ethical training.
Frightened children have no place in a voting booth.

Absolutely, it can pull votes from the R (in this instance Trump) and hand the election to the D (in this case Sanders - Clinton will either be in jail or 6 feet under).

Ds won't vote libertarian no matter what, its contrary to how they've been taught to think. The only party hurt by the rise of libertarianism is the Rs (they deserve it, but not at the expense of the POTUS).

This is indeed the time for the LP to reject the aristocracy of pull ... before Trump seizes that banner undeservedly.