Editing Sumner Redstone (section)

==Political views==
A longtime [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] supporter, with a history of donating to many Democratic campaigns, including regular donations to [[Ted Kennedy]], [[John Kerry]], and former [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]] [[Tom Daschle]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Sumner_Redstone.php |title=Sumner Redstone's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=NEWSMEAT |access-date=July 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923002622/http://newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Sumner_Redstone.php |archive-date=September 23, 2012}}</ref> Redstone endorsed [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[George W. Bush]] over Kerry in the [[2004 United States presidential election|2004 Presidential election]], allegedly because he argued that Bush would be better for his company and the economy.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005669 |title=Guess Who's a GOP Booster? (opinion) |newspaper=Wall Street Journal |access-date=October 1, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001100629/http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110005669 |archive-date=October 1, 2009}}</ref> Despite this public endorsement, he donated money to Kerry during the primaries.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20180416041531/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109597935862226625|archivedate=April 16, 2018|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB109597935862226625|title=Guess Who's a Republican Booster?|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=September 24, 2004|accessdate=October 20, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref>