August 19, 2011 9:36AM 

# Libertarianism’s Cross-Cutting Appeal 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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NPR’s Ari Shapiro [reports](http://www.npr.org/2011/08/19/139762877/for-supporters-ron-pauls-message-strikes-a-chord) from New Hampshire on Ron Paul, including this heart-warming story:

> Robin and Tom Jacubic are husband and wife who had sat on opposite ends of the political spectrum for years.
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> “I was for Ned Lamont because he was anti-war,” says Robin, “and when the Democrats took over in 2006, nobody did anything to stop the war, so I found Dr. Paul from there.”
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> “He is the only one in the Republican race that knows what he’s doing, knows what he’s saying and has the answers,” adds her conservative husband.
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> After a decade of married life supporting opposing political candidates, “We found each other in libertarianism,” says Robin.

For more on fiscally conservative, socially liberal voters, read “[The Libertarian Vote](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=6715).”

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