Washington Free Beacon As the Senate election tightens in Georgia between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D.) and Herschel Walker (R.), the race could come down to who loses the most votes to the Libertarian Party candidateâa former Democrat who supports ending cash bail, cutting police budgets, and open borders but is attracting a surprising number of Republican-leaning voters.
Recent polls have shown Libertarian candidate Chase Oliver receiving between 3.4 percent and 5 percent in the race, blocking either Walker or Warnock from winning a majority. Under Georgia law, if no candidate receives over 50 percent of the vote on Election Day, the top two competitors have to face off in a second head-to-head election.
The Moore Information Group’s Erik Iverson, a pollster for Walker’s campaign, said he believes Oliver is pulling enough Republican votes away from Walker to have an impact on the race. Iverson said Oliver has been effective at appealing to “soft Republican” voters, who might associate “libertarians” with conservative-leaning political figures, such as Republican senator Rand Paul (Ky.). But a review of Oliver’s political positions and public comments found that the Libertarian has much more in common with Democrats than with Republicans…
