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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
I think the word "Libertarian" has a fair bit of brand baggage associated with it that makes it impossible to appeal to Democratic voters broadly. This is exacerbated by their generally anti-gun-regulation, lower taxes policy planks. That could change if they got some mainstream exposure, but I don't think it would move the needle all that much.
I actually think this is the same reason that the Libertarians can't fill the role that's most likely to need filling - if the two major parties continue to migrate toward their own fringes on the right and left respectively, there's going to be room for a "straight up the middle" party. But because of that same baggage, it can't be the Libertarian party, in my view.
I was going to say that the Bernie corps is the perfect example of that. The Dems are doing their absolute damnedest to re-absorb that group by introducing some of Bernie's talking points and policy positions into the platform at the convention.
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The problem with the Libertarian party is it is closer to Birchers than it is true libertarianism. I think this is why they gain no traction with Dems. Bircherism is closer to what Trump is suggesting than anything. The American Libertarian party is too far on he fringe right to be of consequence. A third party is needed, but it will have to come from the left as the Dems and Republicans are too close to each other in the political spectrum, and that spectrum has tilted too far to the right. I mean, if Reagan were running today he would be the leftist candidate in this race. That should tell you how far the fulcrum has been shifted to the right.