After 52 years of existence, it has never been taken seriously. There was some promise at the beginning with credible presidential candidates, but the anarchists swarmed over the Party and they are simply anti-government, so the Party became a non-starter. This was evident to me when the LP was totally absent on controversies surrounding 2nd Amendment issues. Lots of talk, but no walk. And a conception of foreign policy that was essentially childish.
After 52 years of existence, it has never been taken seriously. There was some promise at the beginning with credible presidential candidates, but the anarchists swarmed over the Party and they are simply anti-government, so the Party became a non-starter. This was evident to me when the LP was totally absent on controversies surrounding 2nd Amendment issues. Lots of talk, but no walk. And a conception of foreign policy that was essentially childish.