I recently suggested that conservatives like to associate themselves with the libertarians because it looks cool, even if these groups believe very different things. There is more evidence that the conservative/libertarian fit is bad. From an article about a survey done by the Public Religion Research institute:
Sixty-one percent of libertarians do not identify themselves as part of the Tea Party, the survey showed. About 7 percent of the adult population is consistently libertarian and that includes 12 percent of those who describe themselves as Republicans.
“There’s largely agreement on economic issues – the gap is in how libertarians approach social issues, ” said Robert P. Jones, CEO of PRRI, which conducts an annual “American Values Survey” on political and social issues.
And:
Libertarians are more opposed to government involvement in economic policies than those affiliated with the Tea Party and Republicans overall, the survey found. For instance, 65…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
Aug 03, 2016 @ 15:08:59
Yeah, so the take away there is that the reason so many Libertarians in the survey do not identify with the Tea Party is that they are not real Libertarians. The Tea Party only has three core principles; less government, free markets and the rule of law (Constitution). The Tea Party does not opine on social issues. That is why Libertarians can identify with the Tea Party but perhaps Republicans/Conservatives cannot. They seem to require this fourth plank of religious fundamentalism where only those laws that support their religious beliefs are “just” laws. They cry out against radical fundamentalism and Sharia “law” and then get upset at Roe vs Wade – which is simply a law that favors THEIR religion. How can they reconicle that?
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