Political Leanings of Selected Cartoon Characters Porky Pig New Deal-era liberal. Big on farm subsidies. Supported Humphrey, Stevenson, Muskie, etc. Betty Boop Not terribly political, but she was around leftists most of the time, having grown up in a Jewish family in Brooklyn. In the 1930's, she sang at a fundraiser for the Spanish Republicans (at her brother's request). This came back to haunt ...