Why are most of the artists in the USA democrats?

[Lhancelot]

I just read about George RR Martin and he is a staunch democrat, even fully backed Hillary in 2016. he even criticizes Trump to this day.

This made me think on how nearly every writer, actor, actress, basically every artist I read about seems to be a democrat or socialist that leans to the left.

Why is this?

[Cecily]

You need a soul to be creative.

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You need a soul to be creative.

Damn. that's a harsh statement but there's some truth to it.

[skarlorn]

Most celeb artists also live in highly populated coastal cities which are all left leaning.

[Izmael]

You are mistaking "being" for "claiming to be".

[loramin]

Liberals want to change things for the better, conservatives want to make things go back to the way they were (ostensibly for the better). Most artists want to make the world a better place, ergo most are liberals. But there are always exceptions that prove the rule, like say Alan Moore.

If you picked a job that employs people who want to change things back to the way they used to be, like say a priest or coal miner, you'd find a lot more conservatives.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ly-a-democrat/

[Pokesan]

they like pizza. they like it!

[Pokesan]

the actual answer is pandering to the audience who buys their stuff (:

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by Pokesan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the actual answer is pandering to the audience who buys their stuff (:

See that's not true, you know that. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

In fact I often wonder what it must be like for far right conservatives who love a particular artist or musician only to find that the artist is a complete liberal or even worse a socialist commie.

Music groups like Tool used to have a wide range of fans and it's a fact Maynard is quite liberal-minded. This must really be disappointing to those who loved Tool only to find out Maynard is a raging liberal that constantly makes fun of Trump.

There are tons of examples other than Tool of course. I wonder if people disown their passions and love of an artist or music group when they find their political ideology doesn't correlate?

Personally I don't care what political group a musician follows I listen to music strictly for how it sounds to me, but I could see how some bitter angry people could easily start hating an artist due to not sharing political ideologies with them.

[fash]

because both are strongly correlated to trait openness