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Politics in The Simpsons - Political affiliations

This is a list of characters on The Simpsons by their political affiliation.

Politics in The Simpsons - Republicans

• Montgomery Burns - shown at a Republican Party meeting in "Sideshow Bob Roberts". Runs for governor on a seemingly right wing platform in "Two Cars in Every Garage, Three Eyes on Every Fish."
• Rainier Wolfcastle (a.k.a. McBain) - at the same Republican Party meeting as Mr. Burns. Is a parody of Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger.
• Dr. Hibbert at the same Republican Party meeting as Mr. Burns and McBain.
• Antoine Tex O'Hara - also at the meeting.
• Count Dracula - also at the meeting, along with Frankenstein (who has been renamed "Franken-Reagan).
• Sideshow Bob - briefly served as Republican mayor of Springfield.
• Krusty the Clown - In "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" is elected to Congress as a Republican. Seen as a Republican party member in "Brawl in the Family". Also present at the meeting.
• Ned Flanders - also at the meeting. Ned is a very conservative Christian who has sometimes expressed disdain for liberals. He also wished that he lived in the America of yester-year that only exists in the minds of Republicans.
• Birch Barlow - conservative radio talk-show host, modeled after Rush Limbaugh.
• Homer Simpson - Although most likely not a registered Republican, he blindly supported Republican Mr. Burns in his campaign for governor (though largely because Burns was his boss), was a fan of conservative talk show host Birch Barlow, and voted for Sideshow Bob in a mayoral election (citing disapproval for Bob's Bart-killing policy but approval for Bob's Selma-killing policy). He also once cursed the Democrats after Moe said that politics led to his retirement from boxing. In a 1991 interview, creator Matt Groening stated that "If Homer voted, he'd probably vote Republican. Luckily, he doesn't vote." However, Homer showed a more liberal attitude in one episode in which he calls President George W. Bush "Commander Coo-Coo Bananas".

One of the Springfield Republicans' evil plots was to rename everything after Ronald Reagan, a reference to the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project which aims to attach Reagan's name to landmarks in every U.S. state and county (see List of things named after Ronald Reagan).

The Springfield Republican Party headquarters is an isolated lair which is usually depicted amid flashes of lightning and ominously spooky mood music.

Politics in The Simpsons - Democrats

• Marge Simpson, in "Marge Gets a Job" she is reported to have voted for Jimmy Carter twice, strong proponent of Burns rival Mary Bailey for state governor. In "There's Something About Marrying", Marge is a leading advocate of gay marriage.
• Mayor Quimby based on the Democratic Kennedys, challenged by Republican Sideshow Bob for the mayoralty.
• Lisa Simpson is ideologically to the left, supporting feminism and environmentalism and criticizing materialism. In "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington", when Krusty the Clown runs for Congress, Lisa says "I usually don't give advice to Republicans...." In the video game The Simpsons: Hit and Run, Lisa greets some characters with "Hello, vote Democrat."

A statue of the 39th President, Jimmy Carter, was built in Springfield with the sign "Malaise Forever!" and was referred to as "History's greatest monster!".

According to Episode 1F15, "Bart Gets an Elephant", the attendees of the Democratic Convention are described as "We hate life and ourselves" and "We can't govern".

Politics in The Simpsons - Communists

• Abraham Simpson is shown to be a card carrying communist in "Homer the Great". However, at the same time, he is shown to be an Elk, a Freemason, and the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance.
• Homer Simpson was also photographed saluting a Soviet flag while drunk (which Lisa knew would one day come back to haunt him).

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