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She repeatedly refused to publicly identify herself as Republican or Democrat, endorse candidates, or attack presidents. In 2016, for example, she corrected reports that she had endorsed Hillary Clinton, saying she had endorsed neither Clinton nor Donald Trump and adding, “I do not get involved in political things.”

She explained the reasoning particularly clearly in later interviews. She had fans, friends, and family on both sides and believed entertainers could alienate half their audience by turning themselves into partisan political figures. In 2019 she said she had “as many Republican friends as … Democrat friends” and didn’t feel compelled to broadcast her political opinions. In 2023 she was even more explicit, saying political polarization had become so severe that she preferred to “live an example rather than preaching it.”

But “apolitical” did not mean neutral about everything. There are some pretty clear examples:

* Race: During the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests she publicly said, “Of course Black lives matter,” and questioned why anyone would think only white lives mattered.
* LGBTQ rights: She supported gay people and same-sex marriage well before that position became common among country artists. She frequently talked about accepting people for who they are.
* Transgender people: When Tennessee passed laws targeting transgender people in 2023, she avoided arguing the partisan politics but defended trans people personally, saying “I just want everybody to be treated good” and emphasizing that she knew and loved queer and trans people.
* Women and workplace equality: 9 to 5 obviously dealt with sexism and workplace inequality, although Parton herself resisted calling herself a political activist or even strongly identifying with the “feminist” label.
* COVID: Rather than becoming politically involved in the vaccine debate, she donated $1 million to Vanderbilt medical research, funding that contributed to research behind the Moderna vaccine.

So I would characterize her philosophy as:

Politically private, socially compassionate, and intentionally nonpartisan.

She wasn’t really an outspoken political celebrity in the Jane Fonda, Willie Nelson, Ted Nugent, or Bruce Springsteen sense. In fact, when Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin made an obvious anti-Trump comment alongside her at the 2017 Emmys, Dolly conspicuously declined to join in and changed the subject. She later explained that even where she might agree with someone, she didn’t want their political statements automatically attributed to her.

At the same time, she wasn’t afraid to take positions that could be controversial with portions of her predominantly Southern/country audience—particularly regarding race and LGBTQ people.

In other words, Dolly’s approach was essentially “I won’t tell you whom to vote for, but I will tell you how I think people ought to treat one another.”

That’s probably a big part of why she managed the unusual feat of being genuinely beloved by conservatives, liberals, rural Southerners, LGBTQ audiences, Christians, and secular audiences simultaneously for decades.

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