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1. Sometimes a Libertarian is added to leach votes from the Republicans

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Nov 8, 2022, 08:04 PM

Nov 2022

Others, it's to give cover for Republicans to not vote for a Democrat. I'm extremely familiar with the tactic, but I don't know your local politics.

It could be good, but mostly in my experience it's not helped Democrats here.

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Did anyone see this on their ballots?? [View all] dixiegrrrrl Nov 2022 OP

Sometimes a Libertarian is added to leach votes from the Republicans herding cats Nov 2022 #1

Libertarians, like Rand Paul, only pretend to care about justice for all. GreenWave Nov 2022 #2

Politics are local. Igel Nov 2022 #3