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List of former liberals (view source)
Revision as of 04:50, November 27, 2025
, 04:50, November 27, 2025Split into deceased and living sublists; added some explanatory details; no names added or removed
List of former liberals.
== Deceased ==
* [[Saul Bellow]], a former liberal, he is now typically identified with [[neoconservativism]]
* [[Saul Bellow]], a former liberal, now typically identified with [[neoconservativism]]
* [[Ray Bradbury]], author
* [[Ray Bradbury]]
* Sandra Cano, pseudonymous plaintiff in [[Doe v. Bolton]]
* [[Kirk Cameron]], actor and former child star. Used to be an [[atheist]], now runs the "Way of the Master" ministry.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Anthony Flew]], former [[atheist]] and [[anti-theist]] who later supported the teaching of [[intelligent design]] in schools.
* [[John T. Flynn]], socialist who turned against the New Deal
* [[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
* [[Milton Friedman]], an active supporter of the [[New Deal]] who turned [[libertarian]] in the late 1940s
* [[William Randolph Hearst]], powerful publisher 1900-1940 era
* [[William Randolph Hearst]], powerful publisher in the 1900–1940 era
* [[Sidney Hook]], philosopher
* [[Sidney Hook]], philosopher
* [[David Horowitz]], author & cofounder of [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]]
* [[David Horowitz]], author & cofounder of [[Center for the Study of Popular Culture]]
* [[Willmoore Kendall]], political scientist
* [[Willmoore Kendall]], political scientist
* [[Joseph Lieberman]], became independent after losing the Democratic renomination to his U.S. Senate seat in 2006; strong supporter in 2008 of [[John McCain]].
* [[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]]
* [[Seymour Martin Lipset]], leading [[sociologist]] and [[political scientist]]
* [[Norma McCorvey]]
* [[Norma McCorvey]], plaintiff in [[Roe v. Wade]]
* [[Zell Miller]]
* [[Zell Miller]]
* [[Raymond Moley]], was a "Brains trust" top adviser to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1933
* [[Raymond Moley]], was a "Brains trust" top adviser to [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] in 1933
* [[Bernard Nathanson]]
* [[Bernard Nathanson]]
* [[George Orwell]]<ref>See [[Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?]]</ref>
* [[George Orwell]]<ref>See [[Mystery:Did George Orwell Become a Conservative?]]</ref>
* [[Ronald Reagan]], a leading liberal of the 1940s; turned right about 1960
* [[Alfred Sherman]]
* [[Ron Silver]]
* [[Al Smith]], Democratic nominee for president in 1928
* [[Burton K. Wheeler]]
== Living ==
* [[Stephen Baldwin]], the only actor in the family known to be conservative.<ref>[https://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/baldwin_hollywood_vulgar/2009/03/06/189397.html Stephen Baldwin Slams Hollywood] Newsmax, March 6, 2009</ref>
* [[Steve Beren]], Tea Party activist
* [[Tammy Bruce]], former head of the L.A. chapter of N.O.W., currently a State Department spokesman in the second Trump Administration
* [[Kirk Cameron]], actor and former child star. Used to be an [[atheist]], now runs the "Way of the Master" ministry.
* [[Nick Cohen]], British journalist and political commentator
* [[Alveda King]], niece of Martin Luther King, Jr.
* [[Irving Kristol]], founder of [[neoconservativism]]
* [[Michael Medved]], film critic
* [[Dennis Miller]], comedian
* [[Lisa Miller]], former lesbian, now a born-again Christian, who has been ordered by the state to hand over custody of her biological daughter Isabella to her former partner
* [[Melanie Phillips]]
* [[Melanie Phillips]]
* [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[neoconservative]] writer
* [[Norman Podhoretz]], [[neoconservative]] writer
* [[Dennis Prager]]
* [[Dennis Prager]], founder of [[PragerU]]
* [[Evan Sayet]]
* [[Evan Sayet]]
* [[Michael Savage]]
* [[Michael Savage]], commentator
* [[Laura Schlessinger]]
* [[Laura Schlessinger]], commentator
* [[Stephen Schwartz]]
* [[Stephen Schwartz]]
* [[David Stockman]], Reagan's budget director
* [[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.
* [[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
* [[Jon Voight]], actor
* [[James Woods]], actor
* [[James Woods]]
* [[David Zucker]], director and co-writer of [[An American Carol]], a conservative film mocking popular [[leftist]] figures like [[Michael Moore]].
* [[David Zucker]], director and co-writer of [[An American Carol]], it is a conservative film mocking popular [[leftist]] figures like [[Michael Moore]].
== References ==
== References ==
[[Category:Lists|former liberals]]
[[Category:Lists|former liberals]]
[[Category:Conservatism]]
[[Category:Conservatism]]
[[Category:Former Liberals]]
[[Category:Former Liberals|*]]