Editing Dixie Carter (section)

=== Political views ===
[[File:Dixie Carter 2000.jpg|thumb|upright|Carter in 2000]]
Carter was a registered [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] who described her political views as [[Libertarianism|libertarian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/dixie-carter.html |title=Dixie Carter – Libertarian |first=Bill |last=Winter |work=Advocates for Self-Government |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230092218/http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/dixie-carter.html |archive-date=December 30, 2006 }}</ref> She was interviewed by [[Bill O'Reilly (commentator)|Bill O'Reilly]] along with [[Pat Boone]] at the [[2000 Republican National Convention]], and once jokingly described herself as "the only Republican in show business".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dixiecarter.com/Trans/TR011.html|title=The View|date=January 31, 2001|work=Official Website|access-date=March 9, 2005|archive-date=January 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124142622/http://www.dixiecarter.com/Trans/TR011.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>  However, Carter's ''Designing Women'' character, Julia Sugarbaker, was known for her [[modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] political views and related speeches, for which she was nicknamed "The Terminator." Carter disagreed with some of her character's beliefs, and made a deal with the show's producers that if Julia delivered a "Terminator" monologue, she would get to sing a song in a future episode. In later years she was also a libertarian Republican who supported civil rights and same-sex marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/10/designing-women-actress-dixie-carter-dies-70/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722130101/http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/apr/10/designing-women-actress-dixie-carter-dies-70/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2012|title='Designing Women' actress Dixie Carter dies at 70; had roots in West Tennessee|date=April 11, 2010|publisher=[[The Commercial Appeal]]|access-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref>