Zogby reveals that libertarians operating within the Republican Party must feel out of step; just look at the views of their jack-boot peers.

The series of questions reveals that majorities of Democrats oppose all surveillance methods except video surveillance of public places, while independents align with Democrats on this series of questions on all issues except random searches of purses, handbags, backpacks and other packages, where a narrow majority of independents are in favor. In all cases, however, independents track closer to Democratic percentages than the more stridently favorable views of Republicans. A majority of GOP voters, meanwhile, favor all types of searches, with the exception of random mail searches—but even on this least popular anti-terror measure, a narrow plurality of Republicans backs the measure.

The Democratic Party isn't perfect, but by far the preferable of the two major parties.