At SXSW, Rand Paul Makes Play for Young Voters and the 'Leave-Me-Alone Coalition'
The Kentucky senator touts his view that the NSA should stop collecting phone records on Americans.
on March 13, 2015 in Bowie, Maryland.
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While many of his rivals spent the weekend scouting for support in the traditional electoral hunting grounds of New Hampshire, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul headed south by southwest, instead.
Interviewed Sunday at the South by Southwest technology conference by Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith, Paul did his best to woo younger, tech-savvy voters and what he called "the leave-me-alone coalition" of libertarian-leaning Americans.