In an interview with New York City's Hot 97, Big Boi stated that the day after the 2012 U.S. presidential election, a white woman approached him at an airport and congratulated him on "his win last night" (referring to Barack Obama winning re-election), to which Big Boi responded, "Bitch, I voted for Gary Johnson."[31][32][33] He has since confirmed his libertarian political ideologies.