Posted by James V. Lacy at 12:00 am on Jan 31, 2007 6 Comments
My friend Grover Norquist tipped me to this report from Daily
Kos on the impact of the Libertarian Party vote on the recent
Congressional elections, including here in California, where the
Libertarian Party candidate almost figured in a defeat for
Republican Congressman John Doolittle:
The Libertarian spoilers
by kos
Wed Jan 31, 2007 at 07:59:56 AM PST
One of the under-reported factors for the Democratic victories in
2006 was the spoiler effect that the Libertarian Party played. Here
are races in which the Libertarian vote was larger than the
Democratic margin of victory:
Missouri Senate
McCaskill (D) 1,047,049 50
Talent (R) 1,001,238 47
Gilmour (L) 47,504 2
Montana Senate
Tester (D) 198,302 49
Burns (R) 195,455 48
Jones (L)
10,324 3
That’s control of the Senate right there. And in the House there
was at least one race in which Libertarians helped deliver a seat
to Democrats:
IN-09
Hill (D) 110,185
50
Sodrel (R) 100,503 46
Schansberg (L) 9,920 4
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