Celebrities Who Are Republicans/Conservatives
Let's have a political party!
I just got my new Republican Party pin in the mail today from the RNC. I don’t know why they sent me a pin. I haven’t donated any money to the RNC since McCain was running. I’ve always been a McCain fan and desperately wanted him to get the nomination instead of W in 2000. The RNC keeps calling me and mailing me requests for more donations, but I’ve told them I’m not donating anything until I see who they choose to run against Obama. I refuse to help elect some far-right winger. Yes, I’m a registered Republican, although I’ve voted for Republicans, Democrats, and Independents. I guess I’m more of an “old school” Republican. I think much of the GOP political party is moving too far to the right. Some of my friends swear that I’m actually a conservative Democrat. I don’t know, and I don’t really care which political party I’m labeled. I always try to vote for the person and not for the political party. I consider myself a moderate conservative. More specifically, I’m pretty much a fiscal conservative, but I’m more of a liberal when it comes to most social issues. I’m against the death penalty, and although I hate abortion, I don’t think Roe v. Wade should be overturned. I think abortions should be considered on a case-by-case basis. I also believe we need social programs, but I don’t think they should be a permanent way of life. And as for gay rights, it’s none of my business who people choose to love. On the conservative side, I’m a Christian, I’m pro gun, and I’m pro hunting. I’m also a firm believer in following the Constitution, and I prefer a small government. I support states’ rights, too.
We always hear about how liberal Hollywood and celebrities are, but there are lots of conservative and Republican celebrities. I was aware of some of the more obvious ones, like Robert Duvall, Dennis Miller, Ben Stein, Kelsey Grammer, and Adam Sandler, but I discovered there were a lot more. I began comprising a list, which I’ve included below. Some of these won’t surprise you at all, while some probably will. I’m not sure how old the information is that I used to make the list. Some of these people could have changed their views or political party affiliations.
Conservative/Republican Celebrities
Actors, TV, Stage, and Writers
Danny Aiello
Kim Alexis
Scott Baio
Stephen Baldwin
Jim Belushi
Delta Burke
James Caan
Dean Cain
Kirk Cameron
Drew Carey
Jim Caviezel
Tom Clancy
Mary Higgins Clark
Robert Conrad
Clive Cussler
Tony Danza
Bo Derek
Walt Disney
Shannon Doherty
Robert Downey, Jr.
Hilary Duff
Clint Eastwood
James Ellroy
Jamie Farr
Clark Gable
Bob Gale
Vincent Gallo
Andy Garcia
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Mel Gibson
Kelsey Grammer
Angie Harmon
Patricia Heaton
Charlton Heston
William Holden
Bob Hope
Dennis Hopper
John Hughes
Rachel Hunter
Victoria Jackson
Dwayne Johnson (The Rock)
Andrew Klavan
Dean Koontz
Larry the Cable Guy
Heather Locklear
David Lynch
Billy Mays
Dr. Phil McGraw
Dennis Miller
Chuck Norris
Fess Parker
Dennis Prager
Freddie Prinze, Jr.
Joan Rivers
Kurt Russell
Adam Sandler
Ricky Schroder
Tom Selleck
Ron Silver
Gary Sinise
Jessica Simpson
Jaclyn Smith
Sylvester Stallone
Ben Stein
Rip Torn
Vince Vaughn
Jon Voight
Sela Ward
John Wayne
Cindy Williams
Bruce Willis
James Woods
David Zucker
Music
50 Cent
Trace Adkins
Alabama
Beach Boys
Brooks and Dunn
Kenny Chesney
Alice Cooper
Cowboy Troy
Daddy Yankee
Charlie Daniels
Destiny’s Child
Easy-E
Gloria Estefan
Sara Evans
Jose Feliciano
Amy Grant
Lee Greenwood
Sammy Hagar
Alan Jackson
Naomi Judd
Kid Rock
LL Cool J
Nick Lachey
Martina McBride
Reba McEntire
Meat Loaf
Wayne Newton
Ted Nugent
Marie Osmond
Kellie Pickler
John Popper (Blues Traveller)
Prince
Prodigy
Johnny Ramone
John Rich
LeAnn Rimes
Jon Secada
Daize Shayne
Ricky Skaggs
Gene Simmons
Frank Sinatra
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Britney Spears
Connie Stevens
Styx
Taylor Swift
Randy Travis
Travis Tritt
Carrie Underwood
Lee Ann Womack
Gretchen Wilson
Sports
Troy Aikman
Mario Andretti
Greg Anthony
Charles Barkley
Carlos Beltran
Johnny Bench
Jerome Bettis
Craig Biggio
Bobby Bowden
Tom Brady
George Brett
Martin Brodeur
Dick Butkus
Harry Carson
Gary Carter
Mark Chmura
Bryan Clay
Roger Clemens
Johnny Damon
Mike Ditka
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
Dennis Eckersley
John Elway
Brett Favre
Rollie Fingers
Carlton Fisk
Luis Gonzalez
Dorothy Hamill
Bo Jackson
Derek Jeter
Jimmy Johnson
Magic Johnson
Deacon Jones
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Jim Kelly
Matt Kenseth
Steve Kerr
Don King
John Malkovitch
Karl Malone
Peyton Manning
Dan Marino
Don Mattingly
Mark McGwire
Shawn Michaels
Cheryl Miller
Joe Montana
Anthony Munoz
Dale Murphy
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Mike Piazza
Richard Petty
Mary Lou Retton
Cal Ripken, Jr.
Brooks Robinson
Alex Rodriguez
Nolan Ryan
Joe Sakic
Pete Sampras
Gayle Sayers
Curt Schilling
Jason Sehorn
Mike Shanahan
Don Shula
Ozzie Smith
Chris Spielman
Roger Staubach
Lynn Swann
Tim Tebow
Joe Theismann
Mike Tice
Bobby Valentine
Herschel Walker
Reggie White
Dave Winfield
Steve Yzerman
Barry Zito
Comments
wba108@yahoo.com from upstate, NY on August 21, 2019:
It does look like Taylor Swift has been braking left, it may be a new development, who knows. The entertainment world is very left wing, its no wonder young entertainers are influenced, too bad!
She was home schooled and Catholic. My guess is that she probably was raised a conservative but she's still only 29 with probably not much time to make informed political statements.
People tend to break more conservative as they age and have children because life often contradicts progressive ideas. She still technically in the Y&D stage of life, even with her 350 million in the bank!
T on August 19, 2019:
Taylor Swift is not conservative. She's a great big Lefty.
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on February 14, 2013:
Duff performed at W's inauguration. I read that she's a registered Republican in Texas. As I said in the article, some of the celebs I mentioned could have changed their political leanings.
Steve Riley on February 14, 2013:
Just right off the bat. Charles Barkley is no longer a Republican. He is now a Democrat. Hillary Duff is not a Republican and I don't think she ever was.
carol stanley from Arizona on August 09, 2012:
Loved the list..There are quite a few conservatives...Wow. thanks for sharing.
dpsimswm from Richmond, Virginia on June 20, 2012:
Who are Kellie Pickle and Troy Aikaman? Also, do you think that Clarke Gable would consider the current Republican Party an equivalent to the Republican Party of 1935?
funkutron on April 09, 2012:
I can't believe Chuck Norris is a Republican, because his character on Walker Texas Ranger is an honest guy who goes around arresting a lot of rich people who think they can get away with anything because they have money. And he champions the working class, at least on the show. Republicans are mostly rich, and didn't get that way always by being honest.
wba108@yahoo.com from upstate, NY on March 15, 2012:
"I’m also a firm believer in following the Constitution, and I prefer a small government. I support states’ rights, too."
I'm also a strong believer in the Constitution, smaller government and federalism (states rights). Having said this, I believe that because much of American history has been rewritten to distort or omit the reference to our Christian roots, many don't realize that the founders understood that our Constitution would only work with a Christian and moral people. Washington and many other founders acknowledged that for our republic to survive christianity must have the encouragement of the state. Mind you I'm not talking about imposing christianity on people but encouraging the non-sectarion principles of Christ in society.For this reason, I believe the founders would have strongly opposed legitimizing Gay marriage and abortion. After all, the right to life is one of the inalienable rights!
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
Daniella, great to meet another moderate! It often seems like there aren't many of us left!
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
Hubert, you have me chuckling!
Daniella Lopez on November 21, 2011:
Great hub! Thanks for sharing your political views. I found it interesting that they are very similar to my own! Very nice to meet like-minded thinkers. Voted up!
Hubertsvoice on November 21, 2011:
Only dead democrats are allowed to vote. Dead Republicans are banned. I believe in a two party system, I am just not to happy with our leading parties. especially party leaders. I'll wait until the garden is weeded before I comment a great deal about the type of fertilizer that will be spread.
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
I'm pretty sure George is an R, but I don't know about Garth. I can tell you he's a nice guy. He has a home in my small town and he's often seen at the supermarket and in other stores. He never seems to mind posing for pics with the locals.
nomadicasian on November 21, 2011:
What about Garth Brooks and George Strait? Are they Democrats?
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
Alexander, I've always had immense respect for McCain - especially before he somewhat gave in to the far right's demands.
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
Well, drbj, in some precincts, dead people can still vote! lol
drbj and sherry from south Florida on November 21, 2011:
Imposing list, Holle, but you might want to remove the following from your list. Last I heard they were dead as a doornail and could be turned back at the ballot box: Walt Disney, Clark Gable, Charlton Heston, William Holden, Bob Hope, Dennis Hopper, Ron Silver, John Wayne, and Frank Sinatra. Not sure about the sports figures since I don't follow many of them.
Alexander Silvius from Portland, Oregon on November 21, 2011:
I love McCain too! He had the best health insurance solution. That's interesting about Eastwood, I was pretty sure he wasn't a Republican, now I know :-)
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
Alexander, Eastwood endorsed John McCain for POTUS in 2008. I read that he's registered as a Republican, but he's called himself a moderate and a Libertarian.
Stein is a registered R and worked for Nixon and Ford.
I agree with your view on "in the box" thinking. I don't like to be in that box, either, because I can't find one that's a really good fit. lol. Thanks for reading!
Alexander Silvius from Portland, Oregon on November 21, 2011:
That is a surprising list in some cases. But I have to ask about Clint Eastwood. He's definitely not a liberal, but I would classify him more as a right leaning libertarian.
And then there's Ben Stein. I believe he is actually a creationist as well. But I am not sure about his political affiliation because in the past year or three, he actually advocated just printing more money to be put into circulation to resolve our economic troubles. I like the guy but was completely flabbergasted by his stance.
I guess we can say that Hollywood conservatives are much less affected by, "in the box," thinking. Earlier this year I got into a comment debate with a fellow hubber who labeled me a pure extremist leftie because I supported some of the liberal thinking that we ARE polluting our planet. I'm not a doomsayer, but I felt it was obvious that having clouds of smog hanging over our major metropolises is a very bad thing. That made me a pinko liberal hippie commie you know what in his eyes. Total shutdown on any reasonable debate after that.
So although I don't agree with one of your stances, I love to meet another conservative free-thinker. We need more of that! And thanks for the great list, that was encouraging.
Holle Abee (author) from Georgia on November 21, 2011:
I agree, Don. It's hard for me to understand how anyone always votes for a single political party, but I have friends who do just that. Thanks for reading and for understanding!
Don Fairchild from Belgrade, ME on November 21, 2011:
Thanks so much for your views on the political scene. For years I have felt disappointment about how our society has become a "Them" against "Us" mentality. But you point out the many shades of grey involved with so many opinions.
I hate the Left vs Right or Rich vs Poor attitudes as all it does is erode our "United We Stand" credo.
