Patricia Cornwell

===Political views===
Since 1998, Cornwell has donated at least $84,000 to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] and $78,800 to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], and has made individual contributions to Republican and Democratic [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] candidates, including [[George Allen (U.S. politician)|George Allen]], [[John Warner]], [[Orrin Hatch]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Nicola Tsongas]], [[Charles Robb]], and [[Mark Warner]].<ref name="newsmeat">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Patricia_Cornwell.php |title=NEWSMEAT ▷ Patricia Cornwell's Federal Campaign Contribution Report |publisher=Newsmeat.com |access-date=January 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128010541/http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Patricia_Cornwell.php |archive-date=January 28, 2012 }}</ref>

Cornwell has spoken negatively of the [[presidency of George W. Bush]], saying, "I was supportive of young George W. Bush because I liked his family. I thought he was going to be another Big George. Boy, was I ever wrong. It's not a democracy so much as a theocracy, and those are not the principles this country was founded on."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/dec/07/patricia-cornwell-interview | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=I created a monster | date=December 7, 2008 | access-date=May 21, 2010 | first=James | last=Kidd}}</ref>