List of former liberals

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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?