How many of you have ever wanted a different choice in the general election, but have been stuck with Republican or Democrat, and no other options? Lord knows I would LOVE to have other options. There are MANY other political parties out there, the largest of which is the Libertarian Party.
The Libertarian Party is the 3rd largest political party in the nation (after Republicans and Democrats, of course) and also the fastest growing party. Here's where it gets REALLY good. The Libertarians believe in personal freedom and responsibility for your actions, and small government.
What does this really mean to you? It means much lower taxes, because the government doesn't have it's hands in everything. It also means that you will have a much higher level of personal freedom. You have the ability to make choices in your own life, without the government telling you what to choose. Libertarians typically believe that drug control is a wasted policy, and people should be free to do what they want to do. If you feel like smoking a joint when you get home from work, that is your choice. Whatever choices you make in life with have natural consequences that you have to live with. If you OD on Heroine and end up mentally handicapped because of the experience, then that was your choice, and you are suffering the natural consequences of that decision.
There is no reason why the government should be involved in many of the things that it deals with every day. You would be free to make your own decisions, and reap the rewards or suffer the consequences of those decisions. Gee, now why didn't anyone else think of that? Wait! They did. More than 200 years ago, a rather large group of people thought of that, and drafted a document founding a nation on those very same ideals.
However, in Washington State, we have what is known as a 'top two' primary. This means that the candidates that receive the highest and second highest votes are automatically the only two candidates listed on the general election ballot. Even if the third highest was only one vote behind the second highest.
This almost always means that every position will have a Republican and a Democrat, and nobody else listed for the general election ballot. Theoretically, you could have two people from the same party, but that's almost as likely to happen as having two people that are neither Republican or Democrat on the ballot. It's just highly unlikely.
So, at least for now, you will be stuck with the choice of Republican or Democrat on the general election ballots in Washington State. The other options are blocked for you, because of how our government chooses to run elections here.
To find out more about what the Libertarian Party believe in and stands for, check out http://www.lp.org/issues.
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