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LP Release: LP on 65% of Ballots
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Winter)
Sun Oct 23 13:39:34 1994
Date: 23 Oct 94 13:31:50 EDT
From: William Winter <73163.3063@compuserve.com>
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
1528 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington DC 20003
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For immediate release: October 24, 1994
For additional information:
Bill Winter, Director of Communications
(202) 543-1988
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Libertarian Party far ahead of Perot spin-offs
in candidates and ballot status across USA
WASHINGTON, DC -- Two out of every three Americans will be able to
vote for Libertarian Party candidates on November 8th -- three times as many
as will be able to vote for any other third party, including the Ross
Perot-inspired parties.
Libertarian Party candidates at the federal, state, or local level
will be on the ballot for 65% of American voters, according to figures
compiled by ballot access expert Richard Winger.
By contrast, only 21.3% of the American public will find a U.S.
Taxpayer's Party candidate on their ballot. And a mere 20.6% will be able to
vote for the nationally organized Patriot or Independence party candidates,
both spin-offs of the Perot movement.
"Ross Perot and his followers seem to have been anointed as the
official challengers of the Republican and Democratic status quo," said Steve
Dasbach, national Chairman of the Libertarian Party. "But that's not the case.
Only the Libertarian Party will be running candidates that a majority of
Americans can vote for."
The Libertarian Party is fielding 662 candidates for office in 45
states, including 89 candidates for the U.S. House, 17 candidates for the U.S.
Senate, and 18 candidates for governor.
"A new survey shows that 53% of Americans support the idea of a third
party," said Dasbach. "Yet, only the Libertarian Party is providing a serious
national alternative to the Republicans and Democrats. If an American wants to
cast a vote for lower taxes, fewer government bureaucrats, and less
regulation, voting for Libertarians is the only way they can do it."
Trailing even further behind on the list are the Natural Law Party
(16.6%), the Socialist Workers Party (14.8%), the Workers World Party (14.8%)
and the Green Party (14.6%).
In single digits are the Grassroots Party (3.0%), the Populist Party
(2.5%), the New Party (2.4%), the Prohibition Party (1.5%), the Workers League
Party (1.0%), the American Party (0.7%), the Socialist Party (0.4%), and the
Communist Party (0.1%).
In 1992, Libertarian Party candidates at the state and federal level
won 3.7 million votes. More than 125 Libertarians already hold public office.
The Libertarian Party is America's third-largest political party. Its
platform calls for free enterprise, free trade, private charity, individual
liberty and responsibility, and a vigorous defense of the Bill of Rights.
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