On October 12, Alaska Dispatch News released a poll for the U.S. Senate race. The results: Republican Lisa Murkowski 50%; Libertarian Joe Miller 18%; Democrat Ray Metcalfe 12%; independent Margaret Stock 7%; other 2%; undecided 11%. The two candidates who are on the ballot but who are not included in the poll are both independent candidates.
The Libertarian Party has never before had a nominee for either house of Congress who outpolled either a Democratic nominee or a Republican nominee.
However, in 1996, the Green Party nominee for U.S. Senate from Alaska, Ted Whittaker, outpolled his Democratic opponent.
Another poll had Murkowski 56%, Miller 16%, Metcalfe 9%, and Stock 8%.
In all actuality the Libertarian Party in Alaska is really just another GOP state affiliate. They’ve basically proven themselves to have no interest in going with the rest of the LP. Miller is a lock-step Republican and would caucus with the Republicans, if he were elected.
This would help the LP.I know Ed Clark the 1980 Libertarian Presidential nominee received third place in Alaska.What were his percentages.
Andre Marrou.was a state representative in Alaska .He spent only one term .He lost big time in the 1992 Presidential elections and in 1988 as Ron Paul’s running mate .
Ed Clark was over 11% in Alaska. Johnson got 2.46% in 2012.
Metcalf is himself a third party afficionado, having been the founder, chairman, and elected State Senator of the Republican Moderate Party in Alaska. This is by far the most interesting race in third party politics this year.
If the Libertarian nominee was an actual libertarian, this would mean something.
Not likely an accurate poll, especially now that Murkowski had resigned from the AK GOP ExCom after publicly stating she won’t vote for Trump.