Who gets the libertarian vote?

You can find out by clicking over to Reason’s survey of “a variety of policy wonks, journalists, thinkers, and other public figures in the reason universe” on their voting preferences. Among others, Eugene Volokh reveals his preferences. Each of the respondents was also asked to provide their most embarrassing vote. The modal response to the ...

By , a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast.

You can find out by clicking over to Reason's survey of "a variety of policy wonks, journalists, thinkers, and other public figures in the reason universe" on their voting preferences. Among others, Eugene Volokh reveals his preferences. Each of the respondents was also asked to provide their most embarrassing vote. The modal response to the first one seemed to be voting for Dukakis in 1988. More intriguing was fact that the favorite president of six of these libertarians was.... Abraham Lincoln. I certainly concur that Lincoln was the greatest president of them all -- but he's pretty far from the libertarian ideal.

You can find out by clicking over to Reason’s survey of “a variety of policy wonks, journalists, thinkers, and other public figures in the reason universe” on their voting preferences. Among others, Eugene Volokh reveals his preferences. Each of the respondents was also asked to provide their most embarrassing vote. The modal response to the first one seemed to be voting for Dukakis in 1988. More intriguing was fact that the favorite president of six of these libertarians was…. Abraham Lincoln. I certainly concur that Lincoln was the greatest president of them all — but he’s pretty far from the libertarian ideal.

Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner

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