Step 1 : Introduction to the question "1. What flamboyant boxing promoter switched allegiances from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party to support Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012?"
...1. Don King 2. Dixie Carter 3. Oscar de la Hoya 4. Vince McMahon Don King, who promoted Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" and "Thrilla in Manilla" in the 1970s, has long been a member of the National Black Republican Association. He supported George W. Bush's re-election in 2004, and made headlines attending the 2004 Republican convention. He became a staunch Obama supporter, however, in the 2008 and 2012 elections. King sees his swing as a good thing. In an article published 6 November 2012 on Examiner.com, King called himself "versatile and flexible, a Republicrat at heart." He further said, of leaving the Republicans: "JFK said it, and it's true; sometimes party loyalty comes at too high a price. This is that time. What was done in stereotyping the black people continues to be done to women."
