Poll: In a Presidential race, what actor would get your vote?

Results of 1,969 votes:

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   Clint Eastwood

    

   The only Republican on the list, Eastwood has been active in politics since the 60′s when he supported presidential candidate Richard Nixon. Although he is a self-proclaimed “Eisenhower Republican,” h…
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   George Clooney

    

   Clooney has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008, has been an advocate for the victims of the Darfur conflict, and organized the Hope for Haiti telethon to raise money fo…
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   Ben Affleck

    

   Affleck founded the Eastern Congo Initiative and recently testified in Congress about the violence in the African region. He and Matt Damon campaigned for Elizabeth Warren’s successful Senate campaign…
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   Susan Sarandon

    

   Sarandon, a proud Democrat, donated to and volunteered for the campaigns of Barack Obama, John Edwards, and John Kerry. She worked for the campaign to recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and has pu…
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   Sean Penn

    

   Passionate about his liberal principles, Sean Penn famously paid over $50,000 to place an ad in the Washington Post criticizing the Bush administration for its “deconstruction of civil liberties.” Pen…
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   Don Cheadle

    

   Cheadle became an activist to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur. In 2005, he traveled to Sudan with five members of Congress to see refugee camps and to meet survivors of the genocide, which h…
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   Tim Robbins

    

   A longtime Green Party member, Robbins was often criticized for voting for Ralph Nader in the controversial 2000 election. He wrote an essay about his choice in the progressive monthly The Nation. As …
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   Kal Penn

    

   Kal Penn has served as the associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement in the Obama administration. In 2008, he campaigned for then-Senator Obama in 26 states. The Harold & K…