GREENVILLE, S.C.; November 10, 2020—  People constantly asked Dr. Jo Jorgensen, Libertarian for President in 2020, ”Will you spoil the election for President Donald Trump or Joe Biden by stealing their votes?”

“Biden and Trump received millions of undeserved votes through preferential media coverage and campaign finance laws that obscured the Libertarian alternative,” said Jorgensen. “Neither Biden nor Trump deserved my 1.76 million votes. Rather, I deserved millions of theirs, which I would have received if I had received similar levels of media coverage.”

Ross Perot, the only alternative-party presidential candidate allowed in the debates in the last 30 years, won 20 million votes in 1992 — and that was after he dropped out of the race, then re-entered. He was winning in the polls before he dropped out.

If Trump does not prevail in his challenge to the election results, the only way Jorgensen will have swung the race is if she caused Trump to lose in four swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

An analysis in Reason Magazine suggests that libertarian voters sometimes swing Democratic, and sometimes, Republican. Many go for neither. It appears that 34 percent went for neither candidate this time, and only 66 percent of Jorgensen votes were up for grabs.

For Trump to have won in Georgia or Arizona, he would have needed 25 percent and 51 percent, respectively, of those available Jorgensen votes. Both are plausible, if not likely.

But for him to have won Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, 89 percent and 81 percent, respectively, of those Jorgensen voters would have needed to swing his way. That’s unlikely.

“If you want to know who really stole the 2020 presidential election, start with the Commission on Presidential Debates,” said Jorgensen. “Even though my name was on every voter’s ballot, in all fifty states plus the District of Columbia, they excluded me from the debates.”

“The CPD, run by Democrats and Republicans, sets rules to serve themselves, not the voters,” she said. “They didn’t want voters to know about a candidate who offered to dramatically lower the cost of their health care; bring our troops home from Afghanistan and the Middle East; and create millions of new jobs by slashing government spending, taxes, and red tape.”

“While our Libertarian votes were, once again, severely suppressed by the establishment powers that be, I’m proud of what this campaign has accomplished,” said Jorgensen. “We grew the party, grew the libertarian movement, and firmly established the Libertarian Party as America’s third choice. Democrats and Republicans would be wise to heed the growing demand for Libertarian solutions.”

Vote Spread and Trump Votes Needed for Jorgensen to Swing Election 
Based on voting results as reported on November 9, 2020

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GREENVILLE, S.C.; November 7, 2020—  The presidential campaign of Libertarian Dr. Jo Jorgensen relied more on volunteers, efficiency, and persuasion than on money to win votes.

With 1,731,055 votes won as of Nov. 7, the Jorgensen campaign spent a modest $1.73 for each vote. The campaign raised and spent approximately $3 million.

The Jorgensen campaign topped the cost-effectiveness of all other Libertarian presidential campaigns. Of the last three runs, former Governor Gary Johnson’s 2012 and 2016 campaigns spent $3.13 and $2.66 per vote, respectively, and former Congressman Bob Barr’s 2008 campaign spent $2.68 per vote.

In contrast, Democrat Joe Biden’s campaign spent $12.50 per vote, which rises to $18.40 per vote when dark money* is included.

In the Democratic primary election, Bernie Sanders spent $28.87 per vote, and Elizabeth Warren spent $50.09. 

“This grassroots campaign was propelled by heart and hard work,” said Jorgensen, “and it was guided by veteran Libertarians who helped make our modest funds go far.”

The Jorgensen campaign recruited at least 9,423 volunteers. The average donation to her campaign was $32.

*According to the Center for Responsive Politics’ analysis at OpenSecrets.org, citing the campaign’s Oct. 14 reports.

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GREENVILLE, S.C.; November 6, 2020—  The presidential campaign of Libertarian Dr. Jo Jorgensen, who won more than 1.7 million votes this election, may have provoked President Donald Trump to court votes of Libertarian-leaners by indicating he will bring the troops home from Afghanistan by the end of this year.

On Oct. 7, three and a half weeks before the election, Trump tweeted, “We should have the small remaining number of our BRAVE Men and Women serving in Afghanistan home by Christmas!”

“President Trump needed the Libertarian vote in this election,” said Jorgensen. “His last-minute indication that he would finally bring our troops home from Afghanistan may have been a direct response to my campaign.”

Jorgensen ran on a bold platform of bringing U.S. troops home from foreign lands while maintaining a military defense that is trained and ready to defend America’s soil and shores. “Make America like one giant Switzerland: armed and neutral,” was her rallying cry. 

Trump’s concern about Libertarian voters was on display in early September when he declared that he is “somewhat Libertarian” and indicated that he would get most of the Libertarian votes if Jorgensen weren’t on the ballot.

Trump also enlisted the support of libertarian-leaning Senator Rand Paul to appeal to anti-war Libertarian voters. 

Sen. Paul tweeted on Oct. 11, “Just spoke with … @realDonaldTrump. He sounds great and wants libertarians and everyone across the country to know he is ending the war in Afghanistan” to which Trump responded “Thank you LIBERTARIANS. We are getting it all done, and FAST! VOTE TRUMP!!!”

“Whether or not President Trump wins re-election, he can fulfill his promise to bring our troops home this year,” said Jorgensen. “This is his chance to leave a legacy of peace.”

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GREENVILLE, S.C.; November 5, 2020—  Libertarian for president Dr. Jo Jorgensen has won more votes, and a higher percentage of the vote, than all twelve presidential campaigns in the party’s history, except one. Only the 2016 ticket headed by two former governors, Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, polled higher.

Jorgensen, who was the party’s 1996 vice-presidential nominee, has won 1,740,796  votes, or 1.2 percent. 

Her vote percentage beats those of Gov. Johnson when he ran in 2012 and received 0.99 percent of the vote, former Congressman Bob Barr in 2008, who received 0.4 percent, and former Congressman Ron Paul, who received 0.5 percent in 1988.

Libertarian Ed Clark received 1.06 percent of the vote in 1980 when his vice-presidential running mate was billionaire David Koch, who helped to finance the campaign.

Jorgensen, who ran with virtually no name recognition outside the Libertarian Party, has shown that Libertarians, with a strong candidate and a well run campaign, have enough grassroots support to consistently beat the one-percent vote threshold, even without a name candidate or easy money, and even in one of the closest, most highly contested races between Democrats and Republicans in the country’s history.

“The Libertarian Party’s baseline votes will continue to grow,” said Jorgensen. “The only way Democrats and Republicans can keep us down is by adopting our libertarian policies.”

This was updated on November 8, 2020 to reflect more current vote totals.

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