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...It’s a personal opinion, but one that is greatly supported by judgments and polls. The Cato Institute, the leading libertarian think-tank in Washington, also sees a trend towards this broad economically-conservative, socially-liberal class of libertarianism. According to David Boaz, the Executive Vice President for the Cato Institute, “the combination of views that we might call fiscally conservative and socially liberal has substantially increased,” a fact that is supported by national polls. In a policy analysis entitled “The Libertarian Vote” by Boaz and David...
...This libertarian slant in traditional politics among the college generation seems to have influenced both liberals and conservatives, and Harvard seems to be no exception. In a Crimson poll of 188 Harvard undergraduates conducted in all the river dining halls and in Annenberg, 30 students identified themselves as libertarians, as opposed to 15 Republicans and 143 Democrats...
...with private enterprise in the mind. There was a poll in which the Chinese [came out as] far more in favor of free trade than the French. So here they are, in a socialist type of organization, but they are more business-oriented than several countries in Europe today. And you feel...
Huckabee's strong showing wasn't a complete surprise; he attracted attention in early August when he took second in the Ames straw poll. But that impressive finish wasn't followed by an surge of donations or endorsements. His approximately $1 million take in the third fund-raising quarter was the most he has raised so far, yet it was still only one-fifth the amount reported by libertarian long shot Ron Paul. And he has yet to break through outside of Iowa - in national polls, Huckabee tops out around...
Before the straw poll closed, Christian Right leaders milled about in the halls of the hotel, including Gary Bauer, who speaks highly of both Thompson and Romney, and the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, who recently dismissed Huckabee's chances and criticized him for being too soft on foreign policy and immigration. But the summit attendees who leaped to their feet at the close of Huckabee's address streamed past the heavyweights to cast their votes. If religious voters heed Mike Huckabee's call again once the real voting begins, the battle between the purists and pragmatists...