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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.

"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."

So, I went and looked up the results for the 2002 election. In the Sec. of State election mentioned, no Democrat ran at all. In the race for their Congressperson, where there was a Dem. candidate, the Libertarian party managed almost 6000 votes, about 3%. In the race for Governor, also with a Dem. Candidate, they pulled almost 4000 votes, about 2%.

The extra 20K Libertarian voters, assuming they all agreed on a candidate, would have not affected any of the elections in any way.

Add to that the inevitable annoyance the Wyoming population would feel at being invaded by a bunch of 20-something, overweight Linux programmers and a bunch of drug-promoters, and the effect would be even less.

Still, I should stop discouraging this movement. I'm all for it, and Wyoming is a great place for them to go. It's nicely isolated, and I can switch to hunting in Colorado or Montana instead.