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Donald Trump -- The real estate mogul and reality-television switched
his party affiliation from "Republican" to "unaffiliated" in December
2011.
Hillary Clinton. In 1964, a very young Hillary Rodham Clinton was one of
the Goldwater Girls who campaigned for the Arizona Republican.
Greta Conway Van Susteren (born June 11, 1954) is an American commentator
and former television news anchor for CNN, Fox News, and NBC News.
Ronald Reagan, whose Presidency brought the movement to its high-water
mark, was himself once a New Deal liberal.
Elizabeth Warren. The current liberal icon started life as a conservative
who voted Republican because of the party's pro-business stance, and she
didn't switch to the Democratic Party until the mid-1990s.
Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt served nearly two full presidential terms as
a progressive Republican. But after he grew dissatisfied with his hand-
picked successor, William Howard Taft, Roosevelt left the 1912 Republican
convention and formed his own party. He lost his bid for a third term in
office, and he later returned to the GOP.
Elizabeth Dole. Dole served in the Johnson administration in the 1960s as
a Democrat. But she remained with the Nixon administration, and switched
parties in 1975, before her husband, Bob Dole, joined Gerald Ford on the
1976 GOP presidential ticket.
Leon Panetta. Panetta started out in politics as a Republican and he
worked briefly in the Nixon administration. He switched parties in 1971
over concerns about the civil rights policies of the Nixon administration.
Charlie Crist announced Monday that he would run again for his old job as
governor of Florida, with one major difference: He's running as a
Democrat. Republican Crist served as Florida's governor from 2007 to
2011.
Condoleezza Rice has served as President George W. Bush's secretary of
state and national security advisor, but she was a registered Democrat
until 1982, casting her vote for Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Rick Perry began his political career in 1984, when he was elected as a
Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives.
Michael Bloomberg, outgoing mayor of New York, has flip-flopped the most.
A lifelong Democrat, Bloomberg switched colors in 2001 and ran for mayor
as a Republican, winning a second term in 2005 with the same affiliation.
Joe Lieberman started his political career in Congress as a freshman
Democratic senator in 1988. Lieberman continued to rise through the ranks
of the party serving in the Senate for three consecutive terms, and in
2000, the senator from Connecticut was selected to join the Democratic
Party's presidential campaign.
his party affiliation from "Republican" to "unaffiliated" in December
2011.
Hillary Clinton. In 1964, a very young Hillary Rodham Clinton was one of
the Goldwater Girls who campaigned for the Arizona Republican.
Greta Conway Van Susteren (born June 11, 1954) is an American commentator
and former television news anchor for CNN, Fox News, and NBC News.
Ronald Reagan, whose Presidency brought the movement to its high-water
mark, was himself once a New Deal liberal.
Elizabeth Warren. The current liberal icon started life as a conservative
who voted Republican because of the party's pro-business stance, and she
didn't switch to the Democratic Party until the mid-1990s.
Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt served nearly two full presidential terms as
a progressive Republican. But after he grew dissatisfied with his hand-
picked successor, William Howard Taft, Roosevelt left the 1912 Republican
convention and formed his own party. He lost his bid for a third term in
office, and he later returned to the GOP.
Elizabeth Dole. Dole served in the Johnson administration in the 1960s as
a Democrat. But she remained with the Nixon administration, and switched
parties in 1975, before her husband, Bob Dole, joined Gerald Ford on the
1976 GOP presidential ticket.
Leon Panetta. Panetta started out in politics as a Republican and he
worked briefly in the Nixon administration. He switched parties in 1971
over concerns about the civil rights policies of the Nixon administration.
Charlie Crist announced Monday that he would run again for his old job as
governor of Florida, with one major difference: He's running as a
Democrat. Republican Crist served as Florida's governor from 2007 to
2011.
Condoleezza Rice has served as President George W. Bush's secretary of
state and national security advisor, but she was a registered Democrat
until 1982, casting her vote for Jimmy Carter in 1976.
Rick Perry began his political career in 1984, when he was elected as a
Democrat to the Texas House of Representatives.
Michael Bloomberg, outgoing mayor of New York, has flip-flopped the most.
A lifelong Democrat, Bloomberg switched colors in 2001 and ran for mayor
as a Republican, winning a second term in 2005 with the same affiliation.
Joe Lieberman started his political career in Congress as a freshman
Democratic senator in 1988. Lieberman continued to rise through the ranks
of the party serving in the Senate for three consecutive terms, and in
2000, the senator from Connecticut was selected to join the Democratic
Party's presidential campaign.