Caitlyn Jenner has been attempting a delicate balancing act for a while now, expressing a desire to align herself with both transgender rights and the Republican Party. However, this has proved challenging, given the GOP's well-established stance against a number of pressing LGBTQ+ issues. As she continues to attempt to sit on both chairs at once, Jenner has been toying around with various titles when it comes to her political stance. During a 2015 interview with Diane Sawyer, while discussing her transition, Jenner identified herself as a Republican without missing a beat. 

At the time, according to a Gallup poll, only 21% of LGBTQ+ Americans leaned right. In 2020, Jenner penned an article for USA Today, highlighting the difficulties of being a trans Republican and expressing her wish to reform the party to be more inclusive. However, when she announced her gubernatorial run for California a year later, the reality star avoided calling herself a Republican, telling Politico, "I don't like labels." 

Later that same year, Jenner described herself as "economically conservative [and] socially progressive" in an interview with People. She also publicly distanced herself from GOP presidential candidate and Former President Donald Trump. Interestingly, despite all of this, Jenner took on a role as a contributor for the notably right-wing Fox News in 2022, garnering criticism from both conservative and liberal circles alike.