# Tell me what the appeal is about the Libertarian Party **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 25, 2026, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769 "2026-03-25T22:36:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769/18 "2026-03-26T01:49:22Z")
Okay, the comic was on point and amusing. I’ll note that I, a registered Libertarian that _never_ votes for them belong in the “Left-Wing” section, shouting but never being heard, as we are (especially in Trump 1.0 and 2.0) outnumbered at _least_ 23-to-1, and likely more. More to the OP’s question: > [@Czarcasm](#): > > I want to know why I should vote “L”, not why I shouldn’t vote “R” or “D”. I don’t advise anyone to vote “L” when they can vote “D”, and encourage anyone who wants to vote “R” these days to vote “L”. The reasons, is as a small, ideologically splintered party, their ability to actually govern is zero. And the takeover of the party by Hard Right Capitalist Free Market types means it effectively operates as a wing of MAGA _anyway_. IE anything that splinters the at least semi-sane “D” should be avoided, and anything that takes votes away from the evil that is (R), or rather (M)aga is to be encouraged. [I have [a long post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-parody-right-meme-about-extreme-libertarianism/997554/202) a while back in the Hyper-Libertarian / Capitalism thread about why I’m a registered Libertarian ] --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-what-the-appeal-is-about-the-libertarian-party/1028769)._