List of former liberals

* Stephen Baldwin, the only actor in the family known to be conservative.[1]
* Saul Bellow, a former liberal, he is now typically identified with neoconservativism
* Steve Beren
* Ray Bradbury
* Tammy Bruce, former head of the L.A. chapter of N.O.W.,currently a conservative radio host and political commentator.
* Kirk Cameron, actor and former child star. Used to be an atheist, now runs the "Way of the Master" ministry.
* Sandra Cano
* Nick Cohen
* Peter Collier, cofounder of Center for the Study of Popular Culture & co-organizer of the Second Thoughts conferences for former liberals who have become conservatives.
* Anthony Flew, former atheist, and anti-theist, he now supports the teaching of intelligent design in schools.
* John T. Flynn, socialist who turned against the New Deal
* Milton Friedman, an active supporter of the New Deal who turned libertarian in the late 1940s
* William Randolph Hearst, powerful publisher 1900-1940 era
* Sidney Hook, philosopher
* David Horowitz, author & cofounder of Center for the Study of Popular Culture
* Willmoore Kendall, political scientist
* Alveda King
* Irving Kristol, founder of neoconservativism
* Joseph Lieberman, became independent after losing the Democratic renomination in 2006; strong supporter in 2008 of John McCain.
* Seymour Martin Lipset, leading sociologist and political scientist
* Norma McCorvey
* Michael Medved, film critic
* Dennis Miller
* Lisa Miller \- former lesbian, now born again Christian, who has been ordered by the state to hand over custody of her biological daughter Isabella to her former partner
* Zell Miller
* Raymond Moley, was a "Brains trust" top adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933
* Bernard Nathanson
* George Orwell[2]
* Melanie Phillips
* Norman Podhoretz, neoconservative writer
* Dennis Prager
* Ronald Reagan, a leading liberal of the 1940s; turned right about 1960
* Evan Sayet
* Michael Savage
* Laura Schlessinger
* Stephen Schwartz
* Alfred Sherman
* Ron Silver
* Al Smith, Democratic nominee for president in 1928
* David Stockman, Reagan's budget director
* Ivanka Trump, a former liberal Democrat; became more strongly conservative and officially switched to Republican following her father Donald Trump's election to US President in 2016.
* Jon Voight, actor
* Burton K. Wheeler
* James Woods
* David Zucker, director and co-writer of An American Carol, it is a conservative film mocking popular leftist figures like Michael Moore.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ Stephen Baldwin Slams Hollywood Newsmax, March 6, 2009
2. ↑ See Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?