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An '''educational electoral campaign''' is one whose primary goal is to raise public awareness of certain topics, rather than to win an election. An example would be [[Ron Paul]]'s campaigns for [[President of the United States]]. [[Daniel J. Sanchez]] writes that Ron Paul succeeded at his goals, despite losing the Republican nomination: "It is an open secret that the campaign was really about education all along. And in that regard, Ron Paul's campaign was wildly successful. Chances are, any young libertarian you meet today will tell you that their chief influence in becoming a libertarian was Ron Paul. Ron Paul has swelled the ranks of the liberty movement to a greater extent than perhaps any other individual in history."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/6181/The-Real-Ron-Paul-Revolution|title=The Real Ron Paul Revolution|author=Sanchez, Daniel J.|date=31 August 2012}}</ref> [[Lew Rockwell]] argues, "Many good people have run for office, and many activists have performed heroically. The problems for the LP come about when the people running the party begin to think of themselves as vying for power as versus being an educational organization that uses the structure of elections as a venue."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/liberalis-inteview.html|title=Rockwell on Libertarianism|date=20 April 2007|author=Kuskowski, Jedrzej}}</ref> | An '''educational electoral campaign''' is one whose primary goal is to raise public awareness of certain topics, rather than to win an election. An example would be [[Ron Paul]]'s campaigns for [[President of the United States]]. [[Daniel J. Sanchez]] writes that Ron Paul succeeded at his goals, despite losing the Republican nomination: "It is an open secret that the campaign was really about education all along. And in that regard, Ron Paul's campaign was wildly successful. Chances are, any young libertarian you meet today will tell you that their chief influence in becoming a libertarian was Ron Paul. Ron Paul has swelled the ranks of the liberty movement to a greater extent than perhaps any other individual in history."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mises.org/daily/6181/The-Real-Ron-Paul-Revolution|title=The Real Ron Paul Revolution|author=Sanchez, Daniel J.|date=31 August 2012}}</ref> [[Lew Rockwell]] argues, "Many good people have run for office, and many activists have performed heroically. The problems for the [[U.S. Libertarian Party|LP]] come about when the people running the party begin to think of themselves as vying for power as versus being an educational organization that uses the structure of elections as a venue."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/liberalis-inteview.html|title=Rockwell on Libertarianism|date=20 April 2007|author=Kuskowski, Jedrzej}}</ref> | ||
According to [[Murray Rothbard]], "The purpose of an LP electoral campaign is not to get as many votes as possible. If that were the objective, then the place to go for votes is the Democratic or Republican parties. The purpose of any campaign is, in the short-run, twofold: to educate the electorate in libertarian principles, and to find more libertarians and bring them into the party ("party-building" or "cadre building"). The third, long-run, objective is to get into office so as to roll back the State."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Clark Campaign: Never Again|date=September-December 1980|issn=0047-4517|number=5-6|volume=XIII|author=Rothbard, Murray|publisher=The Libertarian Forum}}</ref> | According to [[Murray Rothbard]], "The purpose of an LP electoral campaign is not to get as many votes as possible. If that were the objective, then the place to go for votes is the Democratic or Republican parties. The purpose of any campaign is, in the short-run, twofold: to educate the electorate in libertarian principles, and to find more libertarians and bring them into the party ("party-building" or "cadre building"). The third, long-run, objective is to get into office so as to roll back the State."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Clark Campaign: Never Again|date=September-December 1980|issn=0047-4517|number=5-6|volume=XIII|author=Rothbard, Murray|publisher=The Libertarian Forum}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 31 October 2012
An educational electoral campaign is one whose primary goal is to raise public awareness of certain topics, rather than to win an election. An example would be Ron Paul's campaigns for President of the United States. Daniel J. Sanchez writes that Ron Paul succeeded at his goals, despite losing the Republican nomination: "It is an open secret that the campaign was really about education all along. And in that regard, Ron Paul's campaign was wildly successful. Chances are, any young libertarian you meet today will tell you that their chief influence in becoming a libertarian was Ron Paul. Ron Paul has swelled the ranks of the liberty movement to a greater extent than perhaps any other individual in history."[1] Lew Rockwell argues, "Many good people have run for office, and many activists have performed heroically. The problems for the LP come about when the people running the party begin to think of themselves as vying for power as versus being an educational organization that uses the structure of elections as a venue."[2]
According to Murray Rothbard, "The purpose of an LP electoral campaign is not to get as many votes as possible. If that were the objective, then the place to go for votes is the Democratic or Republican parties. The purpose of any campaign is, in the short-run, twofold: to educate the electorate in libertarian principles, and to find more libertarians and bring them into the party ("party-building" or "cadre building"). The third, long-run, objective is to get into office so as to roll back the State."[3]
References
- ↑ Sanchez, Daniel J. (31 August 2012). "The Real Ron Paul Revolution". http://mises.org/daily/6181/The-Real-Ron-Paul-Revolution.
- ↑ Kuskowski, Jedrzej (20 April 2007). "Rockwell on Libertarianism". http://www.lewrockwell.com/rockwell/liberalis-inteview.html.
- ↑ Rothbard, Murray (September-December 1980). "The Clark Campaign: Never Again" XIII (5-6). The Libertarian Forum. ISSN 0047-4517.