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...think our attractiveness is geared towards the new population of Cambridge, the people who have moved in after rent control, the younger, more affluent, maybe first-time condo owners,” said Jeff J. Chase, the chair of the Cambridge Libertarian City Committee...
...across the famously Democratic state of Massachusetts, the Libertarian Party has been making gains: enrollment has increased more than fivefold in the last four years—from around 3,000 to about 16,500—according to Elias Israel, the party’s state chair...
Cambridge political pundit Glenn S. Koocher ‘71—citing the last city election’s meager Libertarian turnout of 107 votes—doesn’t think that Condit’s candidacy stands much chance...
...It’s a different demographic in that there are a number of people who weren’t here before—but honestly the perspective isn’t hard-core Libertarian,” he says...
While westerners are frequently caricatured as being either tree huggers or strip miners, they have complicated feelings about the land. Many conservationists have a libertarian streak, while ranchers and loggers can show a caretaker's attitude toward the land they work. Neither side likes being dictated to. That's why there is much lingering resentment across the West at the perceived high-handedness of the Clinton Administration--particularly the dash to bypass Congress and designate 16 national monuments in the last year of his presidency. Westerners have always resented Washington's reach--the Federal Government owns about half the land...