A LOOK AT THE INFLUENCE OF LIBERTARIANS IN AMERICAN POLITICS:

Card-carrying Libertarians are few and far between. Yet, seen as the guiding philosophy of a bloc of dissatisfied, independent-minded voters whose views align with Republicans on economics and Democrats on social issues, libertarianism is palpably gathering steam.

My favorite part is the reference to libertarians as “the Sith lords of American politics.” That wouldn’t be my first choice of Star Wars comparisons, but it’s better than “the C3POs of American politics,” which people would have probably said a few decades ago.