Editing Carole King (section)

==Political and environmental activism==
After relocating to [[Idaho]] in 1977, King became involved in environmental issues. Since 1990, she has been working with the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and other groups towards the passage of the [[Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act]] (NREPA). King has testified on Capitol Hill three times on behalf of NREPA: in 1994, 2007, and again in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1323&Itemid=61 |title=Carole King Joins Reps. Maloney and Shays in Support of the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act |last1=Soldevere |first1=Joe |first2=Sarah |last2=Moore |date=April 20, 2007 |work=Press Releases |publisher=Official Website of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=February 16, 2010 |location=Washington, D.C. U.S.A. |archive-date=February 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203014255/http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1323&Itemid=61 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1787&Itemid=61 |title=Carole King Joins Rep. Carolyn Maloney in Supporting the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act |last=Houston |first=Jon |date=February 11, 2009 |work=Press Releases |publisher=Official website of the Unisted States House of Representatives |access-date=February 16, 2010 |location=Washington, D.C. |archive-date=February 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203002258/http://maloney.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1787&Itemid=61 |url-status=live }}</ref>

King is also a supporter of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In 2003, she began campaigning for [[John Kerry]], performing in private homes for caucus delegates during the Democratic primaries. On July 29, 2004, she made a short speech and sang at the [[Democratic National Convention]] about two hours before Kerry made his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for president.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/music/popquiz/article/POP-QUIZ-CAROLE-KING-2701676.php|title=Pop Quiz: Carole King|newspaper=SF Gate|first=Aidin|last=Vaziri|date=August 15, 2004|access-date=December 30, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235858/http://www.sfgate.com/music/popquiz/article/POP-QUIZ-CAROLE-KING-2701676.php|url-status=live}}</ref> King continued her support of Kerry throughout the general election. When Kerry was named Secretary of State in 2013, she campaigned with US Representative Ed Markey, the Democratic nominee to succeed Kerry in a special election.

In 2008, King appeared on the March 18 episode of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', touching on her politics again. She said she was supporting [[Hillary Clinton]] and said the choice had nothing to do with gender. She also said she would have no issues if [[Barack Obama]] won the election. Before the show's conclusion, she returned to the stage to perform "I Feel the Earth Move".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksfr/.artsmain/article/4/1010/1315893/Pop/Carole.King.Her.music..her.life..her.daughter/|title=Carole King: Her music, her life, her daughter|first=Sean|last=Daly|publisher=KSFR|access-date=December 30, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113710/http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/ksfr/.artsmain/article/4/1010/1315893/Pop/Carole.King.Her.music..her.life..her.daughter/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 6, 2014, she performed at a Democratic fundraiser at the [[Beverly Wilshire Hotel]] in [[Beverly Hills, California]], attended by Vice President [[Joe Biden]].<ref>Victoria Talbot, [http://bhcourier.com/beverly-hills-news-vp-joe-biden-to-snarl-traffic-with-fundraiser-at-beverly-wilshire-hotel/ VP Joe Biden to Snarl Traffic with Fundraiser at Beverly Wilshire Hotel] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012001844/http://bhcourier.com/beverly-hills-news-vp-joe-biden-to-snarl-traffic-with-fundraiser-at-beverly-wilshire-hotel/ |date=October 12, 2014 }}, ''[[The Beverly Hills Hotel]]'', October 6, 2014</ref>

On January 21, 2017, King marched in the [[2017 Women's March]] in [[Stanley, Idaho|Stanley]], Idaho, carrying a sign that said "One Small Voice." In an op-ed for ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', she wrote she carried that message because "I've never stopped believing that one small voice plus millions of other small voices is exactly how we change the world."<ref name="women's march">{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Carole|title=Why I'm Just Now Re-Releasing A Song I First Wrote In 1982|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/one-small-voice_us_588a2830e4b0024605fe459f|access-date=January 26, 2017|work=Huffington Post|date=January 26, 2017|archive-date=January 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126201727/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/one-small-voice_us_588a2830e4b0024605fe459f|url-status=live}}</ref>

King endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] in the 2024 US Presidential election.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/musicians-endorsing-kamala-harris-president-2024/ | title=All the Musicians Supporting Kamala Harris in the 2024 Presidential Election | magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |first=Hannah |last=Dailey|date=November 4, 2024}}</ref>