Why Are Hollywood Stars So Liberal?

Well this is a trend that's consistent in many people involved in the arts. I myself was an actor for some time and even amongst poor and struggling actors the majority is clearly democrat. Aside from just the standard trend I'd say that with famous actors it's easy to pay higher taxes. Sure they would benefit from the tax cuts like other rich folk, but they don't work for their money the way someone like Bill Gates does and they don't have real jobs. It's easy for them to live an idealist lifestyle where they can throw away their money since they aren't working day in and day out to earn it. Someone like Bill Gates may feel he's more entitled to keep his money since he's spent his whole life working hard to get where he is. He didn't suddenly make a million dollars out of being the lucky one selected to be in a movie. Just so you know, I have no idea what Bill Gates political affiliation is. I was only using him as an example because he is a well known rich man who worked his way to where he is. He also probably gives away more money to charity than anyone else on the planet so I'm not saying he's the type who hoards his money.

Only a " stupid and uneducated" Republican would assume that to be a democrat you have to be stupid.I think it is because they are artists first, then rich people. many didn't come from rich families and they had to struggle to make it. and now that they have enough money in the bank and their family will be okay, they are good people who want to give back. And they want the programs that were there to help them to still be there for others. Don't get me wrong , there are many good hearted Republicans out there too but they did it All by themselves and assume that everyone can do what they did. But that's wrong. Also being artist , they are for freedom. Freedom of expression and speech and a woman's right to choose. so of course they would be Democrats.And some were political before they made it and are just being themselves like Susan Sarandon.And just because they have all this money now doesn't mean they will never be poor again.There are many unemployed stars out there.

I think creative types tend to be more empathetic and therefore more liberal. It's not just Hollywood. The majority of writers, artists and musicians are Dems. In fact people who deal in books, antiques and art also tend to be Democrats. Actually, you could probably make a good case for most smart, creative people being liberal Democrats.

I really like your discussions Annie because you always make me think. This one I didn't have to think that much to come up with a response. I believe that most celebrities are Democrats or lean that way because they are open minded and carefree. I have not seen one case of an open minded Republican. I am so amazed though when I come into politics how many of the people that respond to your discussions just type like they have no brain. As I read the responses in this discussion I could have gotten a better response out of my dog and no my dog isn't Jake from the Bush's baked beans commericals. Well at least I have never heard him speak English. If only there was an IQ test or something such as that required to be able to post in this interest.

It's because they have the means to travel and see what is going on in other parts of the world. Their view of life is broadened so they become more sensitized and can not see life merely as right and wrong. There is a part of life that you can never learn in any school. It comes from seeing how more people around the world live and the reasons why they do some of the things they do. When you have had that kind of experience, it becomes difficult for you to be a bigotted conservative. Just go to any campus in the United States and observe how those American students who have spent some time abroad live. Also, if you study the lives of missionaries who have actually ministered to the less fortunate people of this world, you would realize that they are more liberal than those who have spent all their lives living in the comfort and shelter of preaching to people who look just like them. The term liberal has become demonized by the extreme right wing so that it has become synonymous with all that they see as 'evil' in our society. 'Liberalism', however, is the ability to realize that life is larger than your an individual's purview and beliefs. It is the awareness that the sum total of an individual's experiences and environment determine what the individual perceives as right or wrong. It is the realization that an individual must be more careful about questioning another's beliefs and way of life. People in Hollywood also get the opportunity to 'live' other people's lives. In order to be able to play a character well, you must 'become' that character. You have to think like that character. Thus, these actors and actresses learn a lot about different types of people and how and why they live the way they do. In the end, their horizons become so broad that they could only be lying to their own souls if they ever claim that they can only see life as right and wrong.