IN-DEPTH: Vivek Ramaswamy Sparks Excitement, Skepticism Among New Hampshire Libertarians

LANCASTER, N.H.—As its motto suggests, the “Live Free or Die” state is already pretty friendly to liberty-minded Americans—enough that the Free State Project has enticed scads of libertarians to move there.
It’s also one of the few places where a critical mass of Free Staters could influence politics. The population, though fast-growing, remains low, and its state legislature is a sprawling 400-member body, making entryism a viable strategy.
Throw in New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, still the reality for Republicans though not Democrats, and Northwoods libertarians suddenly matter on the national stage.
That thought may have drawn Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Larry Elder, and Vivek Ramaswamy to the Free State Project’s Porcupine Freedom Festival, a yearly libertarian Woodstock held at a campground in the White Mountains….}