Objectivist Party
| Objectivist Party | |
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| Chairman | Tom Stevens |
| Founded | February 2, 2008 |
| Ideology | Objectivism |
| Political position |
Fiscal: Laissez-faire Social: Individualism |
| Seats in the Senate |
0 / 100
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| Seats in the House |
0 / 435
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| Governorships |
0 / 50
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| State Upper Houses |
0 / 1,921
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| State Lower Houses |
0 / 5,410
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| Website | |
| www.objectivistparty.us | |
| Objectivist movement |
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The Objectivist Party is a political party in the United States that seeks to promote Ayn Rand's philosophy of Objectivism in the political realm.[1] The party was formed on February 2, 2008 by Dr. Thomas Stevens;[2] the date was chosen to coincide with Rand's birthday.
The Governing Board of the party currently consists of Tom Stevens, Dallwyn Merck, Dodge P. Landesman, and Jonathan Damgaard Jakobsen.[3]
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Issues [edit]
Tax reform [edit]
The party believes in the repeal of the federal income tax; thus the repeal of the 16th Amendment.[4] The income tax would then be replaced by a flat tax of 10% or federal sales tax.[4]
Gun rights [edit]
The party supports the 2nd Amendment, but only as long as violent criminals are not permitted to own any weapon.[4]
2008 presidential campaign [edit]
The Objectivist Party's nominees in the 2008 United States presidential campaign were party founder Tom Stevens for President, and Alden Link for Vice President. Stevens lives in New York and Link maintains residences both in New Jersey and New York. Both were delegates to the 2008 Libertarian Party National Convention, where Stevens was re-elected to the national Libertarian Party's Judicial Committee.[5] The Objectivist Party's ticket of Stevens and Link was listed on the ballot in two states, Colorado and Florida. They received a total of 720 votes,[6] 419 votes in Florida.[7]
2012 Presidential Campaign [edit]
During the Objectivist Party National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri from May 29 to May 30, 2010, Tom Stevens and Alden Link were again selected as the Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates, respectively, for the Objectivist Party nomination in the United States presidential election, 2012 as a result of a unanimous vote by the delegates. Tom Stevens formally declared his candidacy for President on June 13, 2011.[8]
The ticket was again on the ballot only in Colorado and Florida. They received 4,091 votes: 3,856 in Florida[9] and 235 in Colorado.[10]
References [edit]
- ^ "2008: The Five Faces of Political libertarianism". Nolanchart.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ Drew Everson, Lack Of Information About Third Party Candidates Probably To Their Benefit, The Duke Chronicle, September 19, 2008.
- ^ http://www.objectivistparty.us/6485.html
- ^ a b c http://www.objectivistparty.us/6506.html
- ^ "Objectivist Party Places Presidential Ticket on Florida Ballot", Ballot Access News, 23 August 2008 . Retrieved 22 September 2008.
- ^ "Full Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from". CNN.com. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results". Retrieved 2009-07-06. To access the relevant results, choose "U.S. President" from the "Select Office" drop-down at the left.
- ^ http://thirdpartypolitics.us/blog/2011/06/27/thomas-robert-stevens-objectivist-party-candidate-for-president-files-statement-of-candidacy-with-federal-election-commission/
- ^ "Dave Leip's Election Results". Retrieved 2012-11-11.
- ^ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2012&fips=8&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0
