Routh previously lived in the Greensboro area before moving to Hawaii sometime this year. Voter records indicate that he voted in the Democratic primary in Guilford County as an unaffiliated voter.
Social media posts purported to belong to Routh indicate he was a believer in COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and he had posted that he had voted for Trump in 2016 but was disappointed with him after the fact, expressing support for Tulsi Gabbard in various posts.