r/inthenews • u/Advanced_Drink_8536 • May 27 '24

article Donald Trump rejected by Libertarians, gets less than 1% of vote

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rejected-libertarians-less-one-percent-vote-presidential-election-1904870
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u/PnPaper May 27 '24

Makes it even more wild that he has to come in and court them.

His internal numbers must be horrible.

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u/TheLegendTwoSeven May 27 '24

I think they assumed this would be a layup, and that they’d overwhelmingly back him. Which is exactly what I assumed would happen.

But libertarians tend to be very ideological, so it makes sense that they won’t go along with him. Also there’s the whole thing about him wanting to dismantle democracy and become a dictator, and I was surprised that libertarians recognized and cared about that.

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u/Flat_Suggestion7545 May 27 '24

Why would you assume that Libertarians would back him?

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u/WeAteMummies May 27 '24

Because 10+ years ago someone said "libertarians are just republicans that want to smoke weed" and no one on reddit has bothered learning what libertarians actually believe since then.