This article was originally published in the Sept. 2015 issue of LP News (page 10).
- People who used to ignore your Libertarian ideas will suddenly become interested in them.
- The news media and issue advocacy groups will seek you out for your Libertarian proposals and publicize them on the Internet and in newspapers, radio, and/or TV.
- You will learn how to campaign, build a support base, and build name recognition that you can use for a future run for office.
- You’ll turn more voters on to your Libertarian solutions by showing them exactly why liberty is the best solution to human problems.
- You may provoke a response to your agenda from your opponents and move them in a Libertarian direction.
- You’ll provoke attacks on your Libertarian agenda — which is even better. It shows that you’re talking truth to power and challenging the Big Government status quo.
- Your campaign will give voters a choice — finally — to cast a vote for what they want instead of what they feel they must put up with.
- Your campaign will impact other Libertarian campaigns, driving up each other’s vote totals — and driving up the Libertarian vote total nationwide.
- You’ll look back on your campaign knowing that you helped to advance liberty in America — and all the blessings that it brings.
- Your campaign will draw new members into the Libertarian Party. Some will become future Libertarian leaders and candidates.
