Libertarian Republican

[1] According to a 2012 New York Times analysis, libertarian Republicans have a variety of motivating issues.

On economic and domestic policy, they favor deregulation and tax cuts, repeal of the Affordable Care Act, and protecting gun rights.

[1] In a 2014 Pew Research Center survey on political typology and polarization, 12% of Republicans described themselves as libertarian.

[4] The group's statement of principles affirms "the principle that individual rights and liberties are unlimited" and calls for free trade; the "privatization of all government assets"; the abolition of many federal agencies; the repeal of most current federal taxes in favor of a single flat income tax or national sales tax; and the phase-out of "compulsory government retirement, disability, and health programs.

In 2014, the group "consisted of about 30 libertarian-inclined Republicans (and occasional Democratic visitors like Jared Polis).