Voters Want More Liberty than Major Parties Offer: New at Reason

Listening to the media, one would be forgiven for thinking that the “Libertarian Moment” has passed. After all, few candidates are running on a platform of limited government, individual liberty, and a non-interventionist foreign policy. Instead, both parties push expansions of government power, whether nationalized health care, increased surveillance, or tariffs. And for all the partisan invective coming out of D.C., both parties are more than willing to work together to increase spending and debt.

However, a poll from last month conducted by Liberty Government Affairs and Gravis Marketing, shows that liberty is still popular. It also shows that a growing number of Americans are rejecting the D.C. consensus on many issues.

Former Republican congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul sees encouraging support in that poll across party lines for a less aggressive foreign policy, a less expensive and intrusive government, and ending the federal war on marijuana.

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