Mar 3, 2021
You’ve heard of Libertarians, but what do they believe? They
don’t get much press and both major parties try to make them look
crazy.
Third parties need to get 5% of the vote in an election to get
ballot access versus needing hundreds of signatures while under
5%.
This week we bring in Chris Holbrook, chair of the MN Libertarian
Party. He didn’t start out political, but he found the
Libertarian Party through disappointment with both parties. Shortly
thereafter, he was running for governor. In fact, he was errantly
arrested in Minneapolis for collecting signatures to get on the
ballot. It was trial by fire, but it led him to become the Chair of
the MN state party.
There are so many challenges to third parties gaining any ground.
There’s no money for them, and the main parties get all of it. They
struggle to get on the ballot. They have to convince people that
they aren’t throwing away their vote.
We discuss Libertarian ideals on education, taxes, governance, drug
policy, the Met Council, COVID, George Floyd, censorship... and
realize that maybe we’re all really not that far away from each
other.