Trump Courts Libertarians in Razor-Thin Race
Biden and Trump desperately need Libertarian and independent voters in their camp
Why was Trump asking for votes from Libertarians? A political party that people see as inconsequential, he was at the 2024 Libertarian Party’s national convention asking for their votes because Libertarians are a vital block to court (Biden was invited but never responded to attend). It was audacious to ask them for their vote because the margin between him and Biden is razor thin at this point in the race. According to many polls, Biden and Trump are within a couple of points. That margin widens only slightly with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in the mix, as Kennedy is seen to mostly affect Biden more than Trump since most of his supporters are coming from the Democrats. Apparently, the Libertarian Party has gotten so important, that we’re going to decide the election.
Both Biden and Trump desperately need Libertarian and independent voters in their camp, and only time will tell how it is going to shake out. According to a recent YouGov poll, Biden and Trump are preferred equally by Americans with about 4% preferring Kennedy, and a large 15% of Americans unsure, at this point, of who they’d like to see as their next president. Libertarian Party presidential nominee Chase Oliver has not yet been in the national polls since he was just nominated last weekend.
Similarly, when you bring all the polls together, Biden and Trump are within a few points of one another.