Those votes are not “siphoned off”, those are human beings are who voting for the candidate they think should win. They have every right not to vote for your candidate.
Never said libertarians didn’t have the RIGHT not to vote for the republican. It’s not about their right. It’s about them being willing to have democrats elected in order to make their political “statement” by getting on the ballot. I still maintain they are drawing more votes from people who would otherwise vote for a repub if there were just two options. I also think Manness in Louisiana should have dropped out once it was clear he was not going to overtake Cassidy. THE most important thing now is to keep the socialist dems OUT of office.