Media
personality Oprah Winfrey made waves when she said she was reconsidering
whether to run for president given Donald Trump's success,
but fame hasn't always translated to political success, and there are plenty of
examples of celebrities who took a shot at wooing voters and fell short at the
polls.
Winfrey
has money on the order of Trump, and Trump's surprise victory against Hillary
Clinton has her wondering if she could follow the same path.
"I
just thought, oh. Oh," Winfrey said when asked about the possibility last
week.
She's
not the only one pondering the possibilities. The New Republic
published an article in January titled, "Democrats Should Run a
Celebrity for President, Too." And Michael Moore was quoted as telling
CNN, "Democrats would be better off if they ran Oprah or Tom Hanks ... Why
don't we run beloved people?"
Winfrey,
worth an estimated $3 billion, could self-fund a campaign the way Trump did
with his estimated $3.7 billion.
So
far, however, most of the celebrities who have converted their fame into
political power favor Republicans.
Athletes,
too, seem to have the better odds: Think Jack Kemp, the former footballer, or
Bill Bradley, the NBA champion.
According
to Washington examiner, many celebrities have watched their dreams die as they
sought political office: Richard Petty, the King of NASCAR, lost a run for
secretary of state in the heart of NASCAR country, North Carolina, in 1996.
Lynn
Swann, an NFL Hall-of-Famer and a key component to the Pittsburgh Steelers
dynasty in the 1970's, lost his bid to become Governor of Pennsylvania in 2006.
Shirley
Temple Black, the famed child actress, lost a congressional election in a
Republican district.
Steve
Largent, also an NFL Hall-of-Famer, was a football legend in Oklahoma and won
four easy elections to Congress, but in 2004, he lost his gubernatorial bid by
just 7,000 votes.
my opinion
please Oprah, stop thinking and start acting. who will surely win
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