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Chase Oliver Is the Libertarian Party's Presidential Pick Chase Oliver is the Libertarian Party's Presidential pick (reason.com)

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Oliver's victory on Sunday night was a blow to the Mises Caucus, the right-leaning faction that took control of the Libertarian Party at the 2022 convention and that had orchestrated Trump's appearance at the convention. That faction's preferred candidate was Rectenwald.

I'm not a fan of the Mises Caucus, so I think this is hilarious.

There was widespread media attention in recent weeks fixated on whether the Libertarian Party would nominate a prominent non-Libertarian like Kennedy or even Trump.

Neither got anywhere close to winning. Kennedy was eliminated after the first round of balloting, while Trump did not even qualify for the first round and received just six write-in votes.

Good on you LP.

Now, I know next to nothing about Chase Oliver, but being gay and young will certainly set him apart from the old men he's competing against. I hope he'll get a good amount of media attention to spread the libertarian message.

Anyway, what are your thoughts? Did the convention make the right call? Would one of the other candidates have been better? Would you prefer no candidate?

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm watching some old videos, and his plan absolutely is to appeal to younger voters, and being young and gay should help pique the interest of young people. This is the video I'm currently listening to, though perhaps his strategy will change now that he has the nomination.

I think it's especially interesting that he's Christian as well. It really goes against the stereotype of young and gay people being anti-religion, which is awesome.

He seems well-rounded and well-composed, and on paper his views seem to largely align with mine. I'll be watching out for more information to see if he really is a candidate I can get behind. I wish he had more credentials, but he at least seems interested in working hard to run a real campaign.

[–] rchive@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

He has already campaigned in all 50 states. He seems extremely committed.