The Libertarian Party's greatest triumphs are not specific vote totals for its' candidates, and that's not how I'd define success.
I'm listening to an interview with Koppelman on The Road To Now, and some of his critiques are valid and resonate with me, while others miss the mark quite a bit. But the following is the article that's got a lot of panties in a bunch, and I think it's because it does represent how libertarians are often (fairly or unfairly) seen by the broader public.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/3680007-the-libertarian-party-is-collapsing-heres-why/
Much of that perception is our own fault, both because of how we message and further... sometimes what that message actually is.
I'm planning on getting his book, because it doesn't seem like an unthinking and unfair critique penned by someone unfamiliar. I'm sure I'll want to hit back on many of his points, but seems worth digesting all the same.
My first reaction was to say that the author isn't usually the one picking the thumbnail for their articles. I mean... I once interviewed Glenn Jacobs and my editor used an image of the Undertaker (ironically on a site owned by someone in this picture)
But here's the thing... One of the points Koppelman makes is that even if racism doesn't seem compatible with the philosophy of libertarianism, it has attracted racists all the same from an alt-right base by accident of historical particulars.
But the LP's last Presidential candidate attended BLM rallies, said it wasn't enough to not be racist and that it was required to be anti-racist, and was seen as pandering too much to the left. Her running mate was Jewish, and big on the "black guns matter" movement. There's been a lot of criticism of the new LNC after the Reno reset, but that's mostly been inside baseball stuff and none of those guys are recognizable to non-Libertarians. I mean... Nobody knows who Ronna Romney McDaniel or Jamie Harrison is, either.