October 26, 2004

Oakland Residents More Interested in Libertarians than Democrats or Republicans

West Bloomfield, MI—Oakland County residents appear to be more interested in Libertarians than Republicans or Democrats. At least, that is the conclusion Libertarians draw from a comparison of Alexa ratings. Alexa.com is an independent organization that ranks web site popularity. Alexa is often referred to as the Nielsen of the Internet.

The Libertarian Party of Oakland County web site (www.LpocMi.org) has a 3 month average traffic rank of 105,831 with the average for the last week being 63,757. By comparison, the Oakland County Democratic Party (www.ocdp.org) and the Oakland County Republican Party (oaklandgop.net) web sites receive so little traffic that they are unranked. For comparison, Yahoo.com is ranked 1 and Google.com is ranked 3. The Oakland Press web site is ranked 81,821 and the Daily Tribune web site is ranked 361,433.

Our traffic rank started to climb when we launched our blog in August, said LPOC webmaster Jerry Bloom. The blog references current Oakland County news items and provides a Libertarian perspective. We even have a We told you so category that references current news items and compares them to statements/predictions that Libertarians have made in the past on the same issue, Bloom noted.

Perhaps local media will take a cue from this and start covering Libertarian candidates and issues more prominently, suggested Brian Kelly, candidate for Oakland County Commission. Clearly the voters are interested enough in the Libertarian perspective to seek out our web site and participate in our blog. There is a market for Libertarian/small-government candidates and ideas and we are filling that market need.

The LPOC blog discusses Oakland County issues and some statewide issues. It shies away from national issues hoping to put greater emphasis on local issues which are often overlooked.