The Reason Campaign

Randall Leverette, New York

Randall Leverette was raised as a Democrat but migrated to the Republican party along with many other Democrats during the Reagan Revolution. He believed in "less government, fiscal and personal responsibility and staying out of other people's business". Randall found his support difficult to justify after the Terry Shiavo affair in florida which, in his mind, went against the ethos of individual liberty and personal freedom that had lured him to the Republicans in the first place. This year, Randall sees Barack Obama as the candidate who can best get the government back to the business of governing and away from meddling in people's personal lives.