What We Know About Melissa Joan Hart's Political Views

Publish date: 2024-05-03

Melissa Joan Hart has never been afraid to share her political views. Even at 20 years old, Hart shared her support for Republican candidate Bob Dole with her "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" co-stars in 1996. "There were some jaws dropping on the set that day," she told Fox News in 2013. But the experience taught her to be mindful of whom she talked politics with. "After that incident, I chose my political audience carefully, specially as a young red elephant in Hollywood," she detailed in her memoir "Melissa Explains It All."

The political scenario in the industry has changed since the 1990s, Hart told Fox News. "These days I find more [Republicans] in Hollywood and I love having a healthy debate with anyone," she said. Hart even suggested that most of the crew involved in the ABC Family sitcom "Melissa and Joey" shared her political views. "I'm pretty much surrounded by Republicans at work. It's made it a little easier," she noted. In 2012, Hart confirmed on Twitter she was voting for Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

More recently, Hart has moved away from the Republican party. In 2016, when Donald Trump represented Republicans, Hart endorsed Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, even working on his campaign. "I want to break away from this two-party system and I think it's important for people to know that there's another candidate out there who really toes the line between Democrat and Republican," she told People.

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