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===Penny Lane===
(rants in "Lane Miserables," ''The Daria Diaries,'' MTV website)
===Anthony DeMartino===
DeMartino has spoken in favour of respecting the war dead, remarking about the [[Vietnam War]] that "a lot of good men died in that war" and admonishing Kevin to "get the CENTURY right". ("[[Esteemsters]]")
Another time in class, when discussing US political philosophies, he referred to "the quote-unquote 'WELFARE state'" and the Republicans having "a more DARWINIAN approach", ("[[The Old and the Beautiful]]") which could be read as him being in favour of either approach. With his beatnik past ("The Daria Diaries") and his being head of the teacher's union ("[[Lucky Strike]]"), it could indicate he's left of centre.
===Tom Sloane===
Tom is often disparaging of his upper-class background and never seems bothered about Daria & Jane being from lower classes. At times, however, he has shown unconscious class privelege and has gotten defensive when she either points this out or assumes it exists in places where it doesn't. In "Prize Fighters", he expressed contempt for Wizard's illiberal hiring policies and their mass layoffs.
===The Landons===
Michelle and Andrew Landon have shown themselves to be generally conservative, with both expressing that they're anti-welfare in "Gifted" and Andrew admitting he uses "creative accounting" to get out of taxes. In "Is It College Yet?", he complained tax cuts weren't high enough.
Andrew recognised Wizard's hiring policies but believed that, since the Foundation Prize existed, someone in the company must be trying to change them and that Jodie should apply to force them to recognise what they were missing out on. In "College Yet?" he wanted Jodie to go to an elite college and avoid Turner, a traditionally African-American college, citing that a Crestmore degree would help her better.
Jodie Landon is more left-wing than her parents and has also referred to Ayn Rand as being "scary". ("Gifted") She's more willing to play the system than Daria, however ("Partner's Complaints", "Prize Fighters").
==Politics in ''Daria'' Fanfiction==
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