[MineralMan]

"The Wyoming Libertarian Party today claims major party status,
> according to Dave Dawson, Wyoming Libertarian Party Spokesman. LP
> candidate Marie Brossman, in the race for Secretary of State, received
> 29,000 votes, or 17% of the total.
"

From the web site of the Wyoming Libetarian party. One candidate managed to get 17% of the vote. However, that does not mean all 17% were libertarians.

Still, suppose all 20K of the Free Staters had also voted for her. She would then have received about 30% of the vote. Probably still not enough to win this single state office.

[HurkinMcGurkin]

Still, suppose all 20K of the Free Staters had also voted for her. She would then have received about 30% of the vote. Probably still not enough to win this single state office.

I don't know. If the Libertarian Party could get 30%, then the Republicans and Democrats would probably split the other 70% in some elections. If even 5%(and definitley if 10%) of each party crossed over and voted Libertarian, they could very well have a chance. Not saying it will happen, but I don't think its as unlikely as some may think.

[Jack Black]

what is interesting is that it was an R vs. an L with no D running. That is a good trend, even if th L loses it shows the politics have shifted away from socialism.