Chase Oliver , the Libertarian Party ’s nominee for President of the United States, digs into an order of cheese-covered hash browns, two eggs over medium, and two thin slices of crispy bacon at the Waffle House on Abercorn Street. In the booth behind him, three members of the Libertarian Party of Savannah, representing about one-quarter of its total membership, have already finished their coffees and are talking about voter suppression and government overreach—two topics central to the party’s platform.
Oliver orders this same meal at nearly every Waffle House he has visited on this road trip of a lifetime, although sometimes he shakes it up with a chicken melt. He gravitates to the ubiquitous windowed boxes because “they’re consistently good. The staff is consistently fast and great people”—something he values as a former 13-year veteran of the restaurant industry, working in every position from dishwasher to line cook to server.
But there is another reason. It is a place where he tends to find his people. “We actually have a Waffle House caucus within the Libertarian Party.”